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The law says that a parent can be ordered to maintain a child over 18 in South Africa in limited circumstances. The general rule is ...

The documents you need for child maintenance in South Africa are the child’s birth certificate, both parents’ ID documents, three months of payslips for the ...

The child maintenance law in South Africa is the Maintenance Act 99 of 1998, read together with the Children’s Act 38 of 2005. There is ...

To apply for an increase in child maintenance in South Africa, the parent with primary care files a variation application at the maintenance court in ...

To apply for child maintenance online in South Africa, you can download the application form from the Department of Justice website, complete it at home, ...

The list of expenses that can be claimed in a child maintenance order in South Africa covers food, clothing, school fees, school uniforms, stationery, transport, ...

A father who fails to pay child support in South Africa can be arrested under a warrant of arrest, imprisoned for up to one year ...

A child support calculator in South Africa is a tool that gives you a rough estimate of the monthly amount a maintenance court is likely ...

The Child Maintenance Act in South Africa is the Maintenance Act 99 of 1998, read together with the Children’s Act 38 of 2005. The Maintenance ...