Last Friday, the department of justice and the Social Justice Foundation signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to have parents who default on child maintenance blacklisted.

This move aims to blacklist defaulters with credit bureaus, which would have a significant impact on their credit profiles and employment prospects. Readers of my column will know that I have written about this matter before, arguing that parents who default on child maintenance after a court order should be criminally charged and incarcerated...