POSTPONED: In today’s Lunch and Learn we address numerous matters of importance:
• What is the prescribed procedure to ensure that parties and witness attend court to give evidence?
• In terms of which section do you hold an enquiry in the Maintenance Court and why is there a difference between a section 6 and section 10 enquiry?
• May the Family Advocate be involved at any stage?
• Will parties have the right to legal representation?
• Law of Evidence used in Maintenance Courts
• What can happen if a witness has been summoned and he fails to put in an appearance on the due date at court?
• Claim for a subsistence and traveling allowance
• Must all evidence given at an enquiry be viva voce (orally)?
• If the maintenance officer wants to use the written statement as evidence, what must he/she do?
• Notification to admit statements by witnesses
• How maintenance officers should assist an applicant where the respondent passed away
• How to draft and what to include in founding and supplementary affidavits
