Umthetho unikezela inqaku elinokubangela ukuba abatshatileyo okanye izalamane zabo bahlale besaqala ukutshata iintlawulo ezithile. Emva kokuqhawula umtshato, umzekelo, umlingane wangaphambili unokufuneka ukuba akhokhe i-alimony yokugcinwa kwabantwana. Ngokuqhelekileyo ukuhlawulwa kwe-alimony emva kokuqhawula umtshato kuqhutyelwa kude kube uninzi lwabantwana, kodwa kukho iimeko xa i-alimony ihlawulwa ixesha elide. Ukongezelela, inkundla inokumisela ukugcina umlingane wangaphambili, ukuhlawula i-alimony mhlawumbi ixesha okanye ubomi. Kukho imeko xa abantwana befuna ukuxhasa abazali babo.
Kuza kube yimhla, umyalelo kunye nemali yokugcinwa kweentlawulo zokugcinwa kwabatshatileyo, abantwana, abazali abaqinisekanga kuphela yinkantolo. Amanye amavolontiya anquma ukugqiba isivumelwano sokubambisana, ngokungaqinisekanga ukuba uyamqinisekisa.
Abantu abatshatileyo bangena kwisivumelwano kunye nomnye, apho bavuma ukuhlawula i-alimony yokugcinwa kwabantwana de bafikelele kwiminyaka eyi-14. U-Alimony ufumana umlingane ohlala naye umntwana omncinci. Xa uneminyaka eyi-14, phakathi komntwana nomzali (kunye nomntwana angahlaliyo) sivumelwane esenza umzali akhokhe i-alimony. Kule meko, imvume yomzali onomntwana ohlala kuyo okanye imvume yomgcini okanye umgcini-mvume iyadingeka kwaye kuphela isivumelwano kunye nomntwana singagqiba.
Ukuhlawulwa kwe-alimony kwenziwa rhoqo ngenyanga ngohlobo lwepesenti echanekileyo yomvuzo womzali. Iipesenti ezingama-25 zemali engenayo ibalwa ukuba i-alimony ihlawulelwa ukugcinwa komntwana omnye kuphela. Ukugcinwa kwabantwana aba-2 kwimali engenayo, i-33% ibalwa. Abantwana abathathu okanye ngaphezulu ukusuka kwiingeniso zokufumana i-50%. Kubalulekile ukuba kuqwalaselwe ukuba kwezinye iimeko, i-alimony ayihlawulwa ngepesenti ethile yemali engenayo. Kule meko, isivumelwano phakathi kwabazali sibonisa inani elithe ngqo leentlawulo. Ngamanye amaxesha inani elimisiweyo leentlawulo lisekwe enkundleni. Isigqibo esinjalo senkundla sivumela ukuba kuqinisekiswe ukugcinwa kweminqweno yomntwana kunye nokugcina izinga lokhuseleko lwemali elapho ngaphambi kokutshatyalaliswa komtshato. Ngamanye amaxesha i-alimony, phantsi kwesivumelwano somntu owayeshadile, ihlawulwa ngendlela yexabiso elibi (indlu, imoto, imoto) kubunini bomntwana.
Kwiimeko apho abazali bengakwazi ukuvumisana kunye nokuseka inani leentlawulo kunye nenkqubo yokuhlawula, umlingane (ohlala naye umntwana) uhambisa isicelo kwinkundla, kwaye ke imali kunye nenkqubo imiselwe inkundla.
Ukuba imimiselo yesivumelwano ayihlonishwa, kwaye ukuba imimiselo yesivumelwano iphikisana neminqweno yomntwana, umntu onomdla usebenza enkundleni apho acela ukuba aqokelele i-alimony kwiqabane langaphambili. Ezinye zifaka isicelo kwinkundla yokucinywa kwesivumelwano okanye nesicelo sokuchibiyela isivumelwano sokumelana nokunye.
Ngaloo ndlela, iqabane, elijongene nokugcina nokukhusela umntwana omncinci, unyanzelekile ukuba athathe onke amanyathelo okuqokelela i-alimony kule njongo.
Umzali, oye wahlala nomntwana, akayi kukwenqaba ukufumana i-alimony kwiqabane langaphambili (kwezinye iimeko, omnye umtshato uyavuma ukwamukela i-alimony) yokugcinwa komntwana. Ekubeni ukwenqatshwa kweqabane lakho ukufumana u-alimony kukuphula umthetho wamaRashiya.
Ukuba inkxaso yenkxaso yabantwana ayihlawulwanga ukugcinwa kwabantwana kwaye akukho nxaxheba ithatha nawaphi na amanyathelo, abaphathi bamagcini karhulumente kunye nabalondolozi bangenelela kwimeko. Ngokwabo, bafaka ibango, kunye nesicelo sokuqokelela ukugcinwa komntwana i-alimony kumzali (ngamanye amaxesha kubini bobabini) banokubamba enkundleni.
Ukuba ngaba babini okanye ngaphezulu abantwana baqabane kwaye, emva kokuqhawula umtshato nomzali ngamnye, umntwana omnye uhleli, umlingane ophantsi kakhulu unelungelo lokufuna isondlo kumlingane ongcono kwinkundla. Inani lemali ehlawulwayo lenziwe yinkundla kwaye ihlawulwa ngenyanga. Ngaphambi kokwenza isigqibo, inkundla ihlola imeko yokuphila yabantwana kubazali bobabini.