THE plight of many single parents is set to get easier in 2004 as the new Maintenance Act has become law.
Parliament agreed last year that the former 30-year-old law had to be replaced. The new legislation officially came into force on November 17.”There is no more time for talking.This is the time for action.This is another Christmas present to our people, especially children and parents who are not being properly maintained,” said Justice Minister Albert Kawana in the National Assembly last month, when he informed the House that the Act had been promulgated into law.The most notable impact of the new law is that all children, irrespective of the order of their birth and whether born in or out of wedlock, will have the same rights to their parents’ resources.Expectant single women will also have the r
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