SOUTH AFRICA LEGAL TRIVIA
DID YOU KNOW: Advocate Muhammad Abduroaf was the advocate who won the case for his client, which case now makes it possible to claim maintenance from paternal grandparents of children born out of wedlock?. This was not possible for over 80 years—The case of Petersen v Maintenance Officer Simon’s Town Maintenance Court and Others 2004 2 SA 56 (C) 381
DID YOU ALSO KNOW: Advocate Muhammad Abduroaf was an advocate in a case where the Cape High Court confirmed the extensive powers of the Maintenance Court, which includes interdicting pension funds. The case of Soller v Maintenance Magistrate, Wynberg and Others 2006 2 SA 66 (C) 2006 446.