Maintenance Lawyers in Cape Town

Is your ex taking advantage of the dysfunction in the family court by ignoring maintenance orders while you're hemorrhaging financially to keep school bills up to date?. Contact an expert maintenance attorney to help you enforce the order.

Use the tool above to explore maintenance attorneys in Cape Town. It is critical that you check that your lawyer is certified with the Legal Practice Council. Being listed on this page does not constitute an endorsement; You should carry out your own due diligence before hiring a lawyer.

Good maintenance lawyers can help you:

Maintenance application / Claim maintenance
- Determining the maintenance payable
- Applications for interim support
- Rule 43 applications
- Rule 58 applications
- Child maintenance
- Rehabilitative maintenance
- Maintenance for an unborn child
Understand your maintenance obligations and duties.
- legitimate expenses in assessing maintenance
Enforcement of maintenance order
- when there's been a failure to pay maintenance.
- Maintenance defaulters
- Recovery of arrear maintenance
Modify maintenance orders.
- Variations of maintenance agreements
- Application for reduction in maintenance

Bakkie with 3 children and number plate MAINTENANCE WP

Do I need a lawyer for maintenance court?

You have the right to have a lawyer attend the maintenance court with you, but it is not an obligation, you can go there on your own and represent yourself; this is what most people do. If you choose to go on your own to maintenance court then it's important that you fully inform yourself of the legalities and prepare the arguments you want to make; to do this usually requires the assistance of an attorney. It is a personal choice to decide whether to take an attorney with you to maintenance court, but we recommaned meeting up with a lawyer beforehand to discuss and understand the issues.