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A.R.C v A.M.M (076276/2024) [2025] ZAGPJHC 348 (3 April 2025)
High Court family matter about a child’s birth certificate, surname amendment, contact, and passport control. The court granted the core relief and deferred the parenting coordinator issue.
J.M.M v S.T.N.M (5647/2019) [2024] ZAGPPHC 1383 (18 December 2024)
The High Court dismissed a contempt application over child-contact rights, finding no wilful or mala fide non-compliance and ordering phased reunification support.
S.M v D.L (2024/129392) [2024] ZAGPJHC 1286 (9 December 2024)
The High Court granted interim unsupervised contact for a father, but declined sleepover contact for now, pending a social worker’s report.
M.M v M.A (109765/2023) [2024] ZAGPJHC 461 (7 April 2024)
The High Court allowed a mother to relocate two minor children to France in July 2024, with detailed contact, travel, therapy, and information-sharing orders.
D.J.H. v A.H (914/2023) [2023] ZAECMKHC 139 (12 December 2023)
The court barred a mother from relocating with an 11-year-old child to Somerset West, holding that the child’s best interests required remaining in Graaff-Reinet.
L.R v R.D.R [2023] ZAGPPHC 95; 013673/22 (15 February 2023)
Rule 43 interim maintenance matter where the court regulated contact, ordered child and spousal maintenance, and granted a contribution to legal costs.
J.G.M v I.H.M and Another (5334/2021) [2022] ZAFSHC 356 (20 December 2022)
The High Court dismissed an urgent application for supervised holiday sleepover contact, finding unexplained delay and no proper basis for immediate relief.
Central Authority for the Republic of South Africa and Another v SC (2022/0001) [2022] ZAGPJHC 700 (15 September 2022)
Hague Convention child-abduction application dismissed after the court found return to Texas would expose the children to an intolerable situation.
ZO v JO (2022/14941) [2022] ZAGPJHC 511 (15 June 2022)
The court found that the order of 10 May 2022 authorizing the respondent to relocate with the minor children to the Western Cape was final in nature, as it disposed of the crucial issue of the children's residence and did not provide a mechanism for reconsideration absent fresh proceedings. Accordingly, the filing of an application for leave to appeal automatically suspended the operation and execution of the relocation order. The respondent failed to bring an application under section 18(3) to implement the order pending appeal, and even if such an application had been made, the court was no…
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S[....] v S[....] (D7960/2019) [2022] ZAKZDHC 7 (18 February 2022)
The High Court dismissed a father’s bid to enforce a mirror order returning a child to the UK, finding the child’s best interests required him to remain with his mother in South Africa.
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