Death of the Breadwinner and the Continuation of the Duty of Spousal Support: Discrepancies and Inequalities for Different Categories of Surviving Partners

This note considers the extension of the duty of spousal support after the death of the breadwinner by comparing the rights of different categories of surviving maintenance claimants, who tend to be mostly women: widows of the deceased, unmarried intimate partners of the deceased and ex-wives and e...

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Main Author: Elsje Bonthuys
Format: Article
Language:Afrikaans
Published: North-West University 2020-12-01
Series:Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal
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Online Access:https://journals.assaf.org.za/index.php/per/article/view/7996