25/06/2026 Bertus Preller Alimony, Arrear Maintenance, Arrear maintenance claims, Child Maintenance, Children, Civil contempt South Africa, Contempt of Court, Contempt of court maintenance, Divorce, Financial non-disclosure, Maintenance, Maintenance Court, Maintenance Court, Maintenance order enforcement, Non-disclosure consequences, Plascon Evans Rule, Post-divorce maintenance, Post-divorce maintenance enforcement, Spousal Maintenance, Uberrimae fidei matrimonial proceedings Arrear Maintenance, Attorney and Client Costs, beyond reasonable doubt, child maintenance, Civil Contempt, contempt of court, Contempt Proceedings, Davis AJ, Dezius v Dezius, Divorce Act, dolus eventualis, Eke v Parsons, evidential burden, Fakie v CCII Systems, family law South Africa, financial disclosure, full and frank disclosure, inability to pay defence, luxuries non-essentials, maintenance court variation, maintenance debtor, Maintenance Order, parental maintenance obligations, Pheko v Ekurhuleni, Plascon-Evans rule, poverty defence, settlement agreement order of court, Western Cape High Court, wilful and mala fide When “I Can’t Pay” Becomes Contempt: Luxuries, Maintenance Arrears and the Duty of Full Disclosure in D.W v J.L.K (12604/2015) [2026] ZAWCHC 322 (17 June 2026). D.W v J.L.K (12604/2015) ZAWCHC 322 (17 June 2026) The facts: a maintenance debtor who paid for luxuries before his children The applicant and respondent divorced in 2015. In terms… READ MORE
28/05/2026 Bertus Preller Alimony, Clean Break Principle, Divorce, Maintenance, Maintenance termination, Matrimonial Properties Act, Matrimonial Property Act 88 of 1984, Pension Funds, Post-divorce maintenance, Rehabilitative maintenance, Section 7(2) maintenance, Spousal Maintenance accrual system, Antenuptial Contract, clean break principle, conduct of parties, contribution towards costs, CPI escalation, Divorce Act 70 of 1979, divorce South Africa, duration of marriage, earning capacity, employability, Family Law, financial needs and obligations, GEPF, industrial psychologist, Maintenance Order, marital standard of living, matrimonial property, Matrimonial Property Act 88 of 1984, onus to prove need, pendente lite maintenance, pension interest, rehabilitative maintenance, retirement, Section 7(2), section 7(8), spousal maintenance, stay-at-home spouse, termination of maintenance When the Money Must Stop: Rehabilitative Maintenance and the Clean Break in M.I.B (born H[…]) v D.B (2023-079189) [2026] ZAGPPHC 411 (2 May 2026). M.I.B (born H) v D.B (2023-079189) ZAGPPHC 411 (2 May 2026) This judgment of Smit AJ in the Gauteng Division, Pretoria, is a useful working example of how a court… 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