Maintenance is traditionally classified as either spousal maintenance or child maintenance, but children are just as much obligated to support their parents and grandparents as they are obliged to maintain their children and grandchildren.
The common law obligation by parents to maintain their children has been bolstered by the provisions of the Children’s Act 38 of 2005, which clearly states that parents, whether in a relationship or not, must make the necessary financial contributions to the care, upbringing, and development of their children.
The changing social landscape of South Africa led to piecemeal extensions of the reciprocal rights and obligations of life partners, including the introduction of implied “partnership agreements” or universal partnerships, which posed an even greater threat to life-partners, specifically those who never actually intended to participate in a communal estate.
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