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Supporting Elderly Parents: The Legal Duty of Adult Children

07 July 2025,  Alno Smit

We often focus our compassion on vulnerable children and their needs, but what about the elderly? In South Africa, too... many parents spend their final years in destitution while their adult children live in comfort. This raises a difficult but important question: can parents claim maintenance from their children?

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A Closer Look at Maintenance Court Procedures in South Africa

16 April 2025,  Tinus Botes

Divorce and maintenance claims are often emotionally charged and legally complex processes. In South Africa, the maintenance court, established under... the Maintenance Act 99 of 1998, plays an important role in ensuring that dependents, particularly children, are financially supported after a divorce or separation.

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Can Maintenance Be Claimed on Behalf of Adult Dependent Children?

08 November 2024

In a recent judgment by the Supreme Court of Appeal, the case of Z v Z examined whether a parent ... has the legal standing to claim maintenance for adult dependent children from the other parent. This ruling emphasises the responsibilities of parents even after their marriage has ended.

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Responsibility to Maintain and Repair Foundations and Boundry Walls in a Sectional Title Scheme

08 June 2023

This article will briefly consider the definitions of common property vis-à-vis sections in terms of the Sectional Titles Schemes Management... Act 8 of 2011 in order to establish who must maintain what in sectional title scheme developments.

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I can no longer afford to pay maintenance, what should I do?

02 November 2022

Many of us are still recovering from the harsh effects of the Covid-19 pandemic. Some of us are faced with... the issue of not being able to meet our financial obligations. One such obligation could be a maintenance order. South African law, imposes harsh sanctions on maintenance debtors who fail to adhere to their maintenance obligations. Therefore, if you ever find yourself in a position where you are no longer able to meet your maintenance obligations, it is imperative to use the avenues available to you in terms of the law.

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Can an unmarried father register a child under his surname?

15 November 2021

I’m the father of a newborn daughter. The mother, to whom I’m not married, disappeared immediately after birth leaving me... as sole parent of my daughter. Because I don’t know where the mother is I cannot get the mother’s consent. Without this consent Home Affairs does not want to register my daughter under my surname. I have no idea what to do now. Can you help?

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