A Cape high court battle over maintenance obligations and contempt of court recently ended in a decisive ruling when judge Mas-udah Pangarker dismissed a womans appeal seeking to jail her ex-husband and declare him in contempt over unpaid support for their dependent adult children.
The Western Cape High Court appeal court rejected the womans attempt to overturn earlier rulings that refused her dramatic sanctions, including imprisonment, against her former spouse.
The woman, a mother whose marriage to her husband ended in civil divorce after 30 years, had asked the court to declare her ex-husband in contempt for failing to comply with a maintenance order. The earlier order, made by the high court in the underlying divorce proceedings, obligated the ex-husband to contribute financially towards their adult children who were dependent on parental support.
