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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.
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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L.R.J and Another v J.B.J (2024/024281) [2025] ZAGPJHC 16 (14 January 2025)
The High Court refused an uncle and aunt’s bid for sole guardianship and relocation of two children to Scotland, keeping care with the grandmother and ordering re-integration with the father.
C.R v S.R (11646/2022) [2023] ZAWCHC 224 (28 August 2023)
The High Court dismissed a father’s bid to relocate his twin children to the UK, finding the move would risk their wellbeing and limit meaningful contact with their mother.
O v O (36973/2017) [2017] ZAGPJHC 293 (11 October 2017)
Urgent interim relief stopped a mother from relocating young children from Gauteng pending a Family Advocate investigation into their best interests.
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