October 29, 2026
When parentage has not been established in a CHIPS case, courts face important legal limitations on setting conditions for return. Deanna Weiss examines those limitations and explains why waiting until parentage is determined is the best practice.
The case reported today is Herman v. Clark, a relocation case out of Delaware County. The child is 11 years old and has lived in a shared physical custody arrangement since 2017. In 2025 mother secured a job promotion premised
Just a few more days until October 31st. The little boy’s dragon costume hung on the back of his bedroom door: iridescent red scales shimmered down the spine and across the felt wings. A classic orange pumpkin bucket sat empty
Chambers judge ordered man to pay ex-wife $2,500 for placing her in a false light
This Full Bench appeal in the Western Cape Division decides whether an interim maintenance order granted under Rule 43 continues to operate after a decree of divorce that says nothing about the children’s maintenance. The court held that it does
This case concerns the attachment of a husband’s bank account to enforce an unpaid Rule 43 maintenance order. The Johannesburg High Court set the attachment aside because the sheriff had not given the husband the written notice required by Rule
This case concerns a divorced husband who asked the Free State High Court to declare that his duty to pay his former wife R25 000 per month in spousal maintenance ended when he paid the last instalment of her accrual
Child support change of assessment is the formal process by which a parent asks Services Australia to depart from the standard formula because it produces an unfair result. In my practice, I regularly meet parents who have paid or received
