HOW TO APPLY FOR SPOUSAL MAINTENANCE?
Maintenance is the obligation to provide another person, for example a minor, with housing, food, clothing, education and medical care, or with the means that are necessary for providing the person with these essentials. This legal duty to maintain is called ‘the duty to maintain’ or ‘the duty to support. The duty to maintain is […]
CHILD MAINTENANCE AND FREEDOM OF TESTATION
Is a testator entitled to disinherit a child and if so, will the child have a claim for maintenance against the estate? What is freedom of testation? Freedom of testation is the liberty of a testator to choose how to bequeath his/her estate, and govern how their property is transmitted after his/her death. The law […]