Maintenance
Doctrine in Family & Succession. 5 cases, with the principle each one established. By lanbuk.com.
- Habis v Macheka (223 of 2025) [2025] ZWHHC 223 (28 March 2025)
Zimbabwe · 2025
Principle established: A court may vary, suspend, or rescind a property or maintenance order made during divorce proceedings upon a showing of good cause.
- Kallon v Kallon (DIV C 20 of 1965) [1967] SLSC 1240 (23 May 1967)
Sierra Leone — Supreme Court · 1967
Principle established: An application to vary a permanent maintenance order may be entertained by the trial court during a pending appeal, but the husband's remarriage does not justify reduction where paternity predated the decree.
- Kallon v Kallon, 1967-68 ALR S.L. 162
Sierra Leone — African Law Reports · 1967-68
Principle established: A trial court retains jurisdiction to vary permanent maintenance despite a pending appeal, but a husband's remarriage is no ground for reducing maintenance if the pregnancy predated the decree.
- Ndiweni v Magwaro (109 of 2023) [2023] ZWSC 53 (31 October 2023)
Zimbabwe · 2023
Principle established: A court may vary a maintenance order for minor children where there is a change in circumstances or where the existing order no longer meets the children's needs.
- Williams v. Harman (MAG APP 4 of 1966) [1966] SLSC 9 (31 January 1966)
Sierra Leone — Supreme Court · 1966
Principle established: Arrears under an affiliation order cannot be enforced by means of a criminal charge, but must follow statutory civil enforcement procedures.