Worksheets, templates and worked examples
Each toolkit is a short PDF that goes with one of our guides: print it, fill it in and take it with you. The workbook has every toolkit in one.
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The Maintenance Court Workbook
The Maintenance Court Workbook has the fill-in arrears schedule, checklists, letter templates and worked examples.
Every toolkit in one workbook: R799
Workbook alone: R799. Six months of Standpoint Family with the workbook included: R594.
The toolkits
Arrears Toolkit
Work out what is owed, month by month, and get it ready for the maintenance court.
Goes with the guide: How to prove maintenance arrears, and get them paid Free
Claiming Maintenance Toolkit
Everything you need to apply for a maintenance order for the first time: your papers, your budget, the right form and the first meeting.
Goes with the guides: How to claim child maintenance in South Africa Free and The maintenance application form (J101), and applying online Members
Court Day Toolkit
Get ready for every visit to the maintenance court, keep track of what was said, and follow up when nothing seems to happen.
Goes with the guides: What to take to the maintenance court Members and How long the maintenance court takes Members
Changing an Order Toolkit
Asking for more, or asking to pay less: show what has changed since the order, with proof.
Goes with the guide: Changing a maintenance order: asking for more, or paying less Members
Salary Deduction Toolkit
When maintenance comes straight from the salary: check it arrives every month, and know what to do when it doesn’t.
Goes with the guide: Garnishee orders: maintenance paid straight from the salary Members
Yearly Increase Toolkit
Find your increase clause, work out each year’s amount to the cent, and know what to do if there is no clause.
Goes with the guide: Does maintenance go up every year? Members
Budget and Fair Share Toolkit
List what your child really costs, set out both parents’ incomes, and see how the costs could be shared.
Goes with the guide: How the maintenance amount is worked out Free
After 18 Toolkit
Your child has turned 18, or soon will. Read your order, record what your young adult is doing, and keep the arrears in the right place.
Goes with the guide: Does maintenance stop at 18? Members
School Fees Toolkit
Find out what your order says about school costs, track every cost for the year, and work out each parent’s share.
Goes with the guide: School fees and maintenance Members
Reading Your Order Toolkit
Work out what your papers really are, and what each clause says, before you count a single rand.
Goes with the guide: How to claim child maintenance in South Africa Free
Payments Outside the Order Toolkit
School paid instead of cash, groceries, a grandparent’s transfer, money that never arrived. Record it all fairly, without muddling the arrears.
Goes with the guide: How to prove maintenance arrears, and get them paid Free
When They Don’t Come to Court Toolkit
When the other parent can’t be found, or doesn’t come to court: help the investigator, keep a record of every date, and know what to ask for next.
Goes with the guide: When the other parent won’t come to maintenance court Members
No Income Claimed Toolkit
When the other parent says they earn nothing: record what you know, ask the maintenance officer to get the rest, and stay on the right side of the law.
Goes with the guide: When the other parent says he has no income Members
During the Divorce Toolkit
Get your interim budget ready, keep a clear record of what is paid while the divorce runs, and go to your attorney with the right questions.
Goes with the guide: Maintenance while the divorce is still running Members
Parenting Plan Toolkit
Plan, section by section, how you will both care for your children, and know what status your plan has before you sign.
Goes with the guide: Parenting plans in South Africa Members
Maintenance and Contact Toolkit
Keep money and contact in two separate records, stay calm in writing, and take each problem to the right place. For either parent.
Goes with the guide: Maintenance and contact are separate Members
Paternity Toolkit
When paternity is disputed in a maintenance case: gather the facts, follow each step, and keep a record. For the mother and for the man named as the father.
Goes with the guide: Paternity and DNA tests at the maintenance court Members
Grandparents Toolkit
When the parents can’t support a child, grandparents may be asked to help. Prepare carefully, and keep the family conversation kind.
Goes with the guide: Can grandparents be asked to pay maintenance? Members
Other Ways to Get Paid Toolkit
The ways the maintenance court can enforce an order, a worksheet to see which fit your case, and a calm record of every step.
Goes with the guide: Unpaid maintenance and the credit bureaus Members
Protection Orders Toolkit
Free for everyone. Write down what happened, keep your proof safe, and know the steps to a protection order.
Goes with the guide: How to get a protection order, and keep your evidence safe Free for everyone
General information, not legal advice. The workbook and the toolkits help you prepare. For advice on your own situation, speak to an attorney or Legal Aid South Africa on 0800 110 110.