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