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Can you claim maintenance for your adult children?

15 September 2022

It has been a well held view in our law that a parent cannot claim maintenance for an adult dependent... child from their divorced spouse. But is this still the case or has a recent Supreme Court of Appeal finding changed the position?

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When does my family trust terminate?

08 August 2018

I have established a family trust for estate planning purposes to make sure my children are looked after when I... pass away. I was wondering though if the trust can be terminated after my death, and if so, when? I wouldn’t like all my planning to be for nothing because the trust just ended.

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Grandparents have rights too!

12 July 2018

I practically raised my grandchildren for the first few years of their lives and am very close to them. Unfortunately,... my son recently passed away and now their mother refuses that I see them. Is there anything I can do?

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When does a parent’s duty to financially support a child end?

07 June 2018

I’m divorced and have been paying maintenance for my ex and my two children for a number of years. My... eldest son has now finished school and wants to go to university. My ex is now insisting that I must contribute to his university studies as part of my maintenance obligations. Surely now that he is an adult, my responsibility to maintain has stopped?

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Be careful not to employ convicted sex offenders in jobs near children

07 June 2018

I’m establishing a new day care centre and am recruiting employees to work in the centre. I recently heard of... another day care that had big problems when they unwittingly employed a convicted sex offender at the day care. I want to avoid a similiar situation and was wondering what I should do in this regard?

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Can a testamentary trust be changed later?

08 March 2018

My wife and I are discussing providing for the creation of a testamentary trust in our will to take care... of our minor children upon our untimely death. I’m worried though that if we establish a trust, it may be too rigid to deal with the changing circumstances of our children. Can the trust be changed after our death should it be necessary to do so?

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