12/08/2025 Bertus Preller Adult Children, Alimony, Arbitration, Arrear Maintenace, Arrear Maintenance, Arrear Maintenance Variation, Arrears, Best Interests of the Child, Child Maintenance, Child protection, Children, Division of Estate, DNA testing, Financial Disclosure, Interim Maintenance, Maintenance, Maintenance Calculator, Maintenance Court, Marriage, Procedural Law, Procedure, Rule 43, Rule 43 Contempt, Rule 43 Cost Contributions, Rule 43 orders, Rule 58, Spousal Maintenance best interests of the child, calculate child maintenance, calculate spousal maintenance, child maintenance South Africa, child support arrears, Children’s Act maintenance, Divorce Act South Africa, divorce maintenance law, divorce settlement South Africa, emoluments attachment order, garnishee order South Africa, interim maintenance South Africa, lifelong spousal maintenance, maintenance amendment act 2015, maintenance calculation formula, maintenance calculator South Africa, maintenance court procedure, maintenance court South Africa, maintenance enforcement South Africa, maintenance variation South Africa, major child maintenance South Africa, parental duty of support, post-divorce maintenance, rehabilitative maintenance, Rule 43 maintenance, Section 7(2) Divorce Act, South African Maintenance Act, spousal maintenance South Africa, token maintenance Child and Spousal Maintenance in South Africa: Complete Guide to Legal Duties, Court Processes, and Case Law (2025 Edition). Introduction Child and spousal maintenance are critical aspects of family law in South Africa, ensuring that dependents are cared for financially when families break up or circumstances change. Maintenance generally… READ MORE
12/06/2024 Bertus Preller Alimony, Appeal, Arbitration, Arrears, Child Maintenance, Divorce, Maintenance, Procedural Law, Procedure, Spousal Maintenance 11 June 2024, 258/2023, access to courts, arbitrability, arbitration, Arbitration Act 42 of 1965, Arrear Maintenance, Divorce Act 70 of 1979, Enforcement, ex lege, Family Law, incidental matters, jurisdiction, legislative provisions, Maintenance Act 99 of 1998, maintenance disputes, matrimonial cause, party autonomy, precedent, public importance, rescission, section 2(a), suspension, variation, VJ v VJ and Another, vulnerable parties, ZASCA 92 Safeguarding Access to Courts in Maintenance Matters: The Supreme Court of Appeal’s Judgement in VJ v VJ and Another (258/2023) [2024] ZASCA 92 (11 June 2024). The Background: A Matrimonial Dispute Turns into an Arbitrability Question The recent judgment in VJ v VJ and Another (258/2023) ZASCA 92 (11 June 2024) has shed light on a… READ MORE