18/04/2025 Bertus Preller Arrears, Contempt of Court, Costs, Maintenance, Procedural Law, Variation application proceedings, best interests of children, changed financial circumstances, child support, Civil Contempt, constitutional right of access to courts, contempt of court, Court Order Compliance, enforcement mechanisms, eviction risk, family home, Judicial Discretion, leave to appeal, maintenance arrears, maintenance beneficiaries, maintenance enforcement, maintenance obligations, Maintenance Order, mala fides, Parker AJ, periodic imprisonment, Plascon Evans test, purging contempt, South African Family Law, Superior Courts Act, Suspended Sentence, Variation Application, Western Cape High Court, willful non-compliance Contempt Before Variation: E.W v V.T.H (Leave to Appeal) (7333/2024) [2025] ZAWCHC 162 (11 April 2025). Background to the E.W v V.T.H Contempt Application The case of E.W v V.T.H (Leave to Appeal) (7333/2024) ZAWCHC 162 (11 April 2025) highlights the ongoing tension between maintenance obligations… READ MORE
13/11/2024 Bertus Preller Alimony, Appeal, Arrear Maintenance Variation, Arrears, Best Interests of the Child, Child Maintenance, Children, Costs, Maintenance, Maintenance Court, Variation child interests, child maintenance, child rights, Constitutional Court, court access, judicial authority, judicial integrity, Legal Practitioners, Maintenance Act, maintenance appeals, maintenance arrears, maintenance beneficiaries, maintenance claims, maintenance compliance, maintenance courts, maintenance default, maintenance discharge, maintenance enforcement, maintenance judgments, maintenance jurisdiction, maintenance law, maintenance obligations, maintenance officers, maintenance orders, maintenance proceedings, maintenance variations, maintenance write-offs, Prescription Period, punitive costs, SS v VV-S Maintenance Orders in South African Law Constitutional Court Jurisprudence and Fundamental Principles Introduction The enforcement of maintenance orders in South Africa has evolved significantly through Constitutional Court jurisprudence. The landmark case SS v VVS 2018 (6)… READ MORE