Why the “third way” might be the best option If you are contemplating divorce, you may be wondering what the process involves. In South Africa, there are three types of divorce: contested, uncontested and mediated. Mediation benefits can keep disputes out of court. Uncontested divorce is the quickest and least expensive option. The spouses work […]
Reprinted from People.com, by Benjamin VanHoose – 2022-07-22 Things “turned nasty” and neither will let the “bitterness” go, says one source As Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt get closer to settling their almost decade-long divorce dispute, the saga has taken its toll on the former couple. A source tells PEOPLE that prior to Jolie filing for divorce from Pitt in […]
Reprinted from iol.com, by Nicola Mawson – 2022-07-22 The pending implementation of the Two-Pot retirement scheme does not mean that those who wish to withdraw savings can use that method to hide money from a soon-to-be-ex spouse or get out of maintenance obligations in terms of minor children. The new retirement regime comes into effect […]
Reprinted from iol.co.za, by Sinenhlanhla Masilela – 2024-07-18 A Durban woman who left her marriage after realising that her husband was having an affair with her best friend told the high court that she wants over R100,000 maintenance and R171,000 for new furniture. The wife brought Rule 43 application in the Durban High Court seeking interim maintenance […]
Reprinted from iol.com, by Chevron Booysen – 2024-06-04 The Western Cape High Court has ruled it would be in the best interests of a 12-year-old boy to relocate to Germany following a custody battle between his divorced parents. Judge Gayaat Salie granted the mother, an air traffic controller who accepted a job offer in Germany, […]
Divorce Act changes: Reprinted from BusinessTech, by Luke Fraser – 2024-05-09 President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed the Divorce Amendment Bill into law, bringing changes to Muslim divorces in South Africa. The amendment to the Divorce Act of 1979 comes after the Constitutional Court in the Women’s Legal Centre Trust v President of the Republic of South Africa […]
A recent judgment calls into question the constitutionality of matrimonial regime When a couple marries in South Africa, they have a choice of matrimonial regimes. They can marry “in community of property”, which means all their assets, acquired before or after marriage, form a joint estate, which is divided equally on the dissolution of the […]
Reprinted from The Sowetan Live, by Tina Hokwana – 2024-04-03 Deceased’s older kids did not recognise the couple’s marriage A widow, who married her husband in customary law, has successfully convinced the court to interdict the children of the deceased from selling her marital home. The North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria recently ruled that […]
