09/03/2026 Bertus Preller Alimony, Cohabitation, Cohabitation, Cohabitation trends, Interim Maintenance, Interim Maintenance Cohabitation, Life Partnerships, Maintenance, Rule 43 orders, Unmarried Maintenance ancillary jurisdiction peregrinus, balance of convenience maintenance, Bwanya Constitutional Court, cohabitation legal rights South Africa, cohabitation maintenance South Africa, common law development life partnership, Da Silva Salie J, duty of support life partners, EW v VH minority judgment, family law South Africa 2026, interim maintenance, interim relief life partnership, irreparable harm life partner, life partner financial protection, life partnership maintenance South Africa, P.A.L v R.J.T, permanent life partnership, permanent opposite-sex life partnership, prima facie right maintenance, Rule 43 unmarried partners, Rule 6(5)(d)(iii) answering affidavit, section 10 dignity, section 39(2) Constitution, section 9 equality, unmarried life partner, Volks v Robinson life partnership, Western Cape High Court family law, Wille J minority judgment, ZAWCHC 99 2026 Breaking New Ground: South Africa’s First Interim Maintenance Award to an Unmarried Life Partner — P.A.L v R.J.T (17492/2023) [2026] ZAWCHC 99 (4 March 2026). The Facts: An Unmarried Partner Seeks Interim Maintenance P.A.L v R.J.T (17492/2023) ZAWCHC 99 (4 March 2026) came before Da Silva Salie J in the Western Cape Division of the… READ MORE
09/12/2025 Bertus Preller Alimony, Biometric evidence, Circumstantial evidence cohabitation, Cohabitation, Consortium omnis vitae, Dispensing with spousal consent, Drummond v Drummond, Dum casta clause, Fictional fulfilment doctrine, Living under same roof, Maintenance, Maintenance termination, Pacta sunt servanda, Permanent relationship, Post-divorce maintenance, Sexual intimacy cohabitation, Spousal Maintenance biometric evidence, Bwanya v Master, CB v HB, circumstantial evidence cohabitation, cohabitation as though married, consortium omnis vitae, constitutional challenge dum casta, de facto maintenance contributions, divorce settlement agreement, Dolamo J judgment, Drummond v Drummond, dum casta clause, family law South Africa, fictional fulfilment doctrine, Grobbelaar v Havenga, joint household, living under same roof, maintenance obligations, maintenance repayment, maintenance termination, Pacta Sunt Servanda, permanent relationship, public policy contracts, resolutive condition, RJS v LAS 2025, sexual intimacy cohabitation, Val De Vie estate, Western Cape High Court When Biometric Evidence Proves Cohabitation: RJS v LAS (Case No. 5486/2022) [2025] ZAWCHC (2 December 2025) – A Dum Casta Judgment on Post-Divorce Maintenance Termination. Background Facts: A Tale of Two Estates in Paarl The marriage between RJS and LAS was dissolved by decree of divorce granted by the Western Cape Division of the High… READ MORE