DR v NM and Another (3358/2024)
DR v NM and Another (3358/2024) [2024] ZAWCHC 165 (7 June 2024)
The court found that the best interests of the minor children are paramount and must take precedence over the wishes or rights of the parties. The applicant's affidavits raised serious concerns about the first respondent's parenting capacity and mental health, which justified a care and contact assessment by the family advocate. The fact that the applicant withdrew the relief for primary care at the hearing does not preclude the court from exercising its discretion to safeguard the children's interests. The order for assessment is interlocutory and not appealable, as it does not finally dispo…
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- Care And Contact Assessment
- Best Interests Of Child
- Parenting Capacity
- Children's Act Section 23
- Superior Courts Act Section 17