Child and Spousal Maintenance | Legally Bound Talks with Gugulethu Thabethe

00:00 Introduction
06:36 What is Child Maintenance?
08:20 Child maintenance while married or in a relationship and still in good terms
16:03 Can the courts order a non-working parent to find employment in order to maintain a child?
18:28 What happens when one misses maintenance payment?
19:48 Consequences of violating any court order in South Africa
20:56 Difference between a Garnishee Order and Emoluments Attachment Order
23:53 How does a minor claim for child maintenance for their own child
24:54 Can one include pregnancy costs as part of a child maintenance claim?
26:40 What is Spousal Maintenance?
29:13 Can the court order one to lower their lifestyle standards when they are claiming for spousal maintenance?
31:18 Can a maintenance order be varied?
34:50 What advice would you give a Law student about the industry?