Father risks jail time for failing to pay maintenance

A parent’s obligation to financially maintain their children does not stop once the child turns 18, but continues until the child is no longer financially dependent on the parent, the court remarked after a father claimed he no longer needed to pay maintenance towards his now over 18-year-old child. Reprinted from iol.co.za, by Zelda Venter […]

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Wife seeks over R100,000 maintenance from husband who cheated with her best friend

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Reprinted from iol.co.za, by Sinenhlanhla Masilela – 2024-07-18 A Durban woman who left her marriage after realising that her husband was having an affair with her best friend told the high court that she wants over R100,000 maintenance and R171,000 for new furniture. The wife brought Rule 43 application in the Durban High Court seeking interim maintenance […]

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Maintenance arrears bill of R2m for father

Father who has not paid maintenance for more than 28 years faces bill in arrears of R2m Reprinted from iol.com, by Zelda Venter – 2023-05-15 Pretoria – Defaulting on maintenance will have a costly effect on a father who has not paid any maintenance in the more than 28 years since the divorce for the […]

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