{"id":90386,"date":"2015-05-27T08:40:00","date_gmt":"2015-05-27T06:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/90386\/probono-org-to-host-maintenance-workshop-at-court\/"},"modified":"2015-05-26T15:19:58","modified_gmt":"2015-05-26T13:19:58","slug":"probono-org-to-host-maintenance-workshop-at-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2015\/05\/27\/probono-org-to-host-maintenance-workshop-at-court\/","title":{"rendered":"ProBono.Org to host maintenance workshop at court"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ProBono.Org is set to host a maintenance workshop at the Palm Ridge Magistrates Court, on June 5.<\/p>\n<p>The purpose of the workshop is to provide the local community with access to quality legal advice, including information about the basic laws and rights linked to maintenance issues.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>Attorney Bev Loubser, from Bev Loubser Attorneys, will lead the workshop, which will include a question and answer session.<\/p>\n<p>The workshop comes in response to increasing incidents of parental and spousal neglect, including individuals completely absconding from their maintenance duties.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>The fact is that many children in South Africa have a parent who has actively chosen not to support them, despite a legal obligation to do so.<\/p>\n<p>This workshop is just one of many ProBono.Org services which aim to link the poorest of the poor to legal services through a network of volunteer lawyers.<\/p>\n<p>The event will take place from 11am to 1pm, in the entrance hall of the Palm Ridge Magistrates Court, and any community members with concerns regarding maintenance are encouraged to attend.<\/p>\n<div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class='tenancy_slot tenancy_slot_1 jannah_ad' style='display: none;' data-query-id='b43cfe0450a072a344e3a865c3840f93'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn all about maintenance laws and rights.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1848,"featured_media":90408,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[509,7,2],"tags":[979,969,7481,7483,6410,7482,2734,2674,2857,7480],"class_list":["post-90386","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-editors-note","category-local-news","category-news-headlines","tag-germiston","tag-germiston-city-news","tag-legal","tag-legal-advice","tag-maintenance","tag-maintenance-workshop","tag-melissa-hart","tag-palm-ridge","tag-palm-ridge-magistrates-court","tag-probono-org"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Local news"},"tag_labels":["germiston","germiston city news","legal","legal advice","maintenance","maintenance workshop","melissa hart","palm ridge","palm ridge magistrates court","ProBono.Org"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90386","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1848"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90386"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90386\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/90408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}