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Grandparents\u2019 duty to maintain a grandchild and the obligation by their deceased estate to pay maintenance\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

In the judgment of Phillipa Susan van Zyl N.O. v Keith Getz N.O. (6 July 2020) the Supreme Court of Appeal recently reaffirmed the common law position regarding a grandparent\u2019s maintenance obligation towards their grandchildren. \u00a0In terms of the common law, a grandparent may be legally obliged to support a grandchild if both parents are unable to support the child and the grandparent is able to do so. (It is, however, uncertain whether a grandparent will have such a duty where the parents, or one of them, is able but unwilling to support the grandchild, or cannot be found.)<\/p>\n

The Court was also seized with the question whether the common law should be developed to allow for a grandparent\u2019s deceased estate to bear the onus of support towards grandchildren. It was argued that the common law had to be developed to allow such a claim against a grandparent’s deceased estate based on, amongst other things, the dignity of the grandchild.<\/p>\n

The Court found, based on the facts of the matter, that such development was not appropriate and that it may have far-reaching effects on the current law of succession. As such, the common law in this regard remains untouched, for the time being.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Grandparents\u2019 duty to maintain a grandchild and the obligation by their deceased estate to pay maintenance\u00a0 In the judgment of Phillipa Susan van Zyl N.O. v Keith Getz N.O. 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