Maintenance

We assist in the following areas of Maintenance:

Maintenance Orders:

Where the parties obtain maintenance in both their personal as well as on behalf of their children’s capacity. The Maintenance Court in your area where the minor children are living in, normally have jurisdiction over the matter and will assist you in laying the claim against the other party

Maintenance Orders in divorce matters:

We can assist you in obtaining maintenance whilst the divorce is still pending. If the maintenance payer ignores the order, we can assist in obtaining a garnishee order at his employer, or attaching a pending pension fund payout

Maintenance against grandparents:

People sometimes are not aware of the fact that grandparents also have a legal duty to maintain their grandchildren, if the parents are unable to financially maintain them

Post-Divorce Maintenance:

When busy with a divorce a spouse may request maintenance for him/herself, it is called spousal maintenance and can be rehabilitative for a set period, or it can be permanently until re-marriage or death.

Amending Maintenance Orders:

People’s lives can change (income) and so can a maintenance order also be amended to suit your current situation better. An Application for Variation of maintenance can be brought to the Maintenance Court if you can show the reason for such an amendment.