03/10/2026 Bertus Preller Alimony, Child Maintenance, Clean Break Principle, Divorce, Divorce settlement agreement, Maintenance, Maintenance Act 99 of 1998, Maintenance Calculator, Maintenance termination, Pendente Lite, Post-divorce maintenance, Procedural Law, Rehabilitative maintenance, Rule 43 orders, Settlement agreements, Spousal Maintenance accrual system, Antenuptial Contract, Botha v Botha, clean break principle, Divorce Attorney Cape Town, divorce maintenance South Africa, divorce settlement, drawdown rate, earning capacity, expert evidence, family law South Africa, industrial psychologist, interim maintenance, lifelong maintenance, living annuity, maintenance after divorce, maintenance claim, partisan expert, Pendente Lite, pension interest, rehabilitative maintenance, Rule 43, Rule 43(6), section 37D Pension Funds Act, Section 7(2) Divorce Act, spousal maintenance, spousal support, trust assets divorce, Western Cape High Court No Right, Only a Discretion: Rehabilitative Maintenance, Earning Capacity and the Clean Break in H.L.B v J.B (6071/2021) [2026] ZAWCHC 561 (23 September 2026). The Facts: A Long Marriage, a R9.1 Million Settlement and a Maintenance Claim with No Tender The parties in H.L.B v J.B were married on 22 August 1998, out of… READ MORE
06/06/2024 Bertus Preller Divorce, Forfeiture of Benefits, In Community of Property 2024 ZAECMHC 37, Botha v Botha, Case Law, community of property, court judgment, division of property, Divorce Act, divorce judgment, Divorce Law, Eastern Cape Division, Engelbrecht v Engelbrecht, Family Law, Forfeiture of benefits, High Court, joint estate, Legal Analysis, legal appeal, legal precedent, marital benefits, marital home, matrimonial dispute, matrimonial property, pension interest, regional court, Section 9, South Africa, undue benefit, V G v T M, Wijker v Wijker, Z v Z Forfeiture of Benefits in Divorce: Analysis of V G v T M [2024] ZAECMHC 37. Introduction and Background of the Case The case of V G v T M ZAECMHC 37 revolves around an appeal by the appellant, V G, against the judgment rendered by… READ MORE