{
  "id": 6610548,
  "title": "Father in over R600,000 maintenance arrears ordered to comply within 14 days or face jail time",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/10/father-in-over-r600-000-maintenance-arrears-ordered-to-comply-within",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-10T15:37:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IOL",
    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/news/crime-and-courts/2026-09-10-father-in-over-r600000-maintenance-arrears-ordered-to-comply-within-14-days-or-face-jail-time/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A Free State father found guilty of contempt of court has 14 days to resume paying R9,000 a month in child maintenance or risk activation of a suspended prison sentence.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}