Join the Maintenance Colloquium (free online event) on 12 October 2023 from 09:00 to 15:30, proudly hosted by the University of North West (Potchefstroom).
Streaming link: MSTeams
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ALT TEAMS ROUTE: Meeting ID: 374 599 215 266 Passcode: BtAwYk
Streaming link: YouTube channel
09:00-09:10 Prof Mitzi Wiese – Faculty of Law Director: Research (NWU): Welcome
09:10-09:30 Felicity Ann Guest: What protection is afforded to the primary parent in the maintenance process?
09:30-09:50 Dr Carmel Jacobs (UWC): South Africa’s child maintenance system: Failing our children & impoverishing women?
09:50-10:15 Keynote: Prof Leentjie de Jong (Project Leader of the Advisory Committee of the SALRC on Project 100B (Review of the Maintenance Act): The Maintenance Amendment Bill of 2023 – an effort to counter some of the stumble blocks of the Maintenance Act 99 of 1998
10:15-10.40 Keynote: Eugene Opperman (Specialist Maintenance Attorney & Mediator): A position paper on the proposed amendments to the Maintenance Act by the SA Law Reform Commission (Discussion Paper 157) focusing on mediation on maintenance matters as an alternative dispute resolution option, the practicalities and the navigating thereof throughout
11.00-11.20 Prof Brigitte Clark (UKZN): Maintenance for Unmarried Dependent Persons: Comments on Recent Case Law and Legislative Proposals for Change.
11.20-11.40 Prof Hanneretha Kruger (UNISA): Parental responsibilities and rights of permanent life partners who conceive by means of artificial fertilisation VJV v Minister of Social Development [2023] ZACC 21
11.40-12.00 Prof Amanda Barratt (UCT): Spousal maintenance pendente lite: Rule 43, the common law, and EW v VH 2023 (4) SA 123 (WCC).
12.00-12.20 Razaana Denson (NMU): Maintenance issues for Islamic spouses
13:30-13:40 Prof Elsje Bonthuys (WITS): Ensuring access to accurate financial information.
13:40-14:00 Judge D Tulare: Determination and Recovery of Future Maintenance Orders: A new tool and an innovative and reasonable remedy for the recovery of maintenance for children
14:00-14:20 Prof Clement Marumoagae (WITS): Attachment of retirement benefits to satisfy members’ maintenance obligations.
14:20-14:40 Setlako Motshabi (Director Legal Services, DoJCD): Challenges within the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development
14:40-15:00 Adv Ilse Bezuidenhout (Senior State Advocate): Challenges within the National Prosecuting Authority
15:15-15:20 Laurie Greyvenstein: A dedicated Nish Credit Bureau can Function as a Central Maintenance Register
