Browsing: Rule 43

A judge ordered a businessman to pay his estranged wife more than R90,000 a month in interim maintenance, ruling that the family should continue living in a manner broadly consistent with their marital lifestyle.

In the Marriage Series this week, Ann-Suhet Marx explores how legal disputes in blended families are forcing South African courts to rethink Rule 43, maintenance, and the protection of children.

Husband’s claim that his wife should rely on her family’s wealth instead of seeking maintenance is rejected, as court orders R25 000 monthly support and costs contribution.

The High Court set aside a R2.2 million divorce legal costs order after finding the earlier Rule 43 contribution ruling unjust and intervening under Section 173 of the Constitution.

A High Court judgment has clarified that revival of maintenance for adult child after prior independence requires proof of involuntary loss of self support and genuine commitment to becoming self-sufficient.

A retrenched father convinced the KwaZulu Natal High Court that he could not afford a R62 000 monthly maintenance order, prompting the court to cut child and spousal support.

The South Gauteng High Court has found a father in contempt of court for failing to pay R722 000 in arrears under a Rule 43 maintenance order.

A woman’s attempt to secure interim maintenance for herself and her children was struck from the roll after the South Gauteng High Court ruled that maintenance without divorce proceedings cannot be granted.

The Thohoyandou High Court has stopped the auction of a man’s R300 000 vehicle after he challenged a child maintenance order, denied being the child’s father, and accused the mother of fraud. The urgent application highlights the clash between parental disputes, property rights, and the interests of a minor.