Bosch v Van Vuuren - LexisNexis South Africa

33 The facts surrounding R’s conception and birth, and the natureof the relationship which prevailed between the Applicant andthe Respondent during that period is not seriously in dispute andmay, for present purposes, be taken to be common cause. Thefacts in this regard can conveniently be summarised as follows.The Applicant and the Respondent met via an Internet datingsite during or about September 2007, whereafter theycommenced an intimate relationship and later moved intogether. It appears that the initial common understanding – orat least certainly the understanding of the Respondent – wasthat the couple would marry. Certainly it appears not to be inquestion that the common intention at that time was that therelationship would be a permanent one. The relationship was arather stormy and unsettled one and during February 2009 theapplicant moved out, not intending to return. Approximately 2months later the applicant was informed by the respondent thatshe was pregnant. The couple maintained contact and somemonths later, during August 2009 the applicant returned to theformer common home and the couple again lived together in arelationship approximating a marriage. During this period, theApplicant supported the Respondent emotionally and financially.He also caused her, and subsequently also R to becomebeneficiaries of his medical aid and paid the majority of the