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S.V.D.B. v H.E.V.D.B (2024/067811) [2025] ZAGPJHC 695 (16 July 2025)
The High Court granted leave to appeal only on the relocation order, while refusing leave on contact and contribution toward costs in a child-relocation dispute.
G.J.N v M.C (34350/2020) [2025] ZAGPPHC 329 (24 March 2025)
High Court orders a forensic investigation into children’s best interests, appoints a parenting coordinator, and dismisses the respondent’s counterclaim.
S.V.D.B v H.E.V.D.B (2024/067811) [2025] ZAGPJHC 313 (20 March 2025)
The court found that the respondent's relocation was bona fide, financially necessary, and not contrary to the children's best interests. The applicant failed to substantiate claims that the move would harm the children and refused to participate in mediation or a voice of the child investigation. The respondent provided sufficient evidence of her employment, new home, and arrangements for the children's schooling and support system in Cape Town. The court held that the applicant's opposition was not based on concrete evidence and that the respondent's proposals for maintaining contact were r…
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T.M.N v Y.N (2024/110088) [2025] ZAGPJHC 260 (13 March 2025)
The High Court changed the children’s primary residence to the applicant, citing the respondent’s alcohol use, conflictual co-parenting, and parental alienation concerns.
L.E.N v S.T.N (2025/021458) [2025] ZAGPJHC 220 (28 February 2025)
The High Court granted interim primary residence of two minor children to their mother pending a forensic psychological assessment and further order.
R.B v E.B (3893/2022) [2025] ZALMPPHC 10 (27 January 2025)
The court changed a shared care arrangement for a young child, placing primary residence with the respondent pending a psychologist’s report, with reasonable contact for the applicant.
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.
L.S.M v T.C.T (3701/2021) [2024] ZAMPMHC 58 (8 November 2024)
The High Court granted a mother leave to relocate her minor child to Mauritius, finding the move bona fide, reasonable, and in the child’s best interests.
J.G and Others v M.S.L (4457/2024) [2024] ZAFSHC 292 (17 September 2024)
The High Court dismissed an urgent application to change a child’s primary residence and contact arrangements, finding no urgency, no best-interest basis, and abuse of process.
M.C.B v N.G (17885-2020) [2024] ZAGPJHC 227 (6 March 2024)
The court found that the psychologist's report raised serious concerns about the respondent's ability to care for the minor child and that the status quo did not serve the child's best interests. As upper guardian, the court is empowered to grant interim relief even if not specifically sought by the applicant, especially where the child's welfare is at risk. The court ordered an urgent investigation by the Family Advocate and a forensic psychologist, and, pending the outcome, vested primary residence with the applicant. The respondent's counter-application was largely dismissed except for the…
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