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MAINTENANCE ORDERS NOW VALID AND ENFORCEABLE FOR 30 YEARS

Do you have an existing court order against a former spouse or parent to contribute to maintenance? Are you aware…

WHAT IS AN APOSTILLE CERTIFICATE?

Many South Africans, albeit abroad or still in the Republic of South Africa, require various documents to be authenticated for…

ENTREPRENEURIAL ESTATE PLANNING

You have made it in your career, you are a business owner. Have you however given any thought to what…

INTERIM MAINTENANCE CLAIMS IN DIVORCE PROCEEDINGS

When parties are in the process of getting a divorce, the financial constraints from the shift of a two-income household…

THE EFFECTS OF THE DIFFERENT MARITAL REGIMES ON DIVORCES

Now that we know what each of the marital regimes entail, we can now move on to the consequences of…

THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF MARITAL REGIMES

Under South African Law one can get married in one of the following ways: Marriage in Community of Property With…

THE CONSEQUENCES OF A DIVORCE ON MINOR CHILDREN BORN FROM A MARRIAGE

Parties to a divorce more than often focus so much on the proprietary consequences of their divorce that they lose…

SAVE TIME AND MONEY BY SETTLING YOUR DIVORCE

When persons want to get divorced, it is because the marriage relationship between them has broken down to such a…

THE BASICS OF THE DIVORCE PROCESS

Couples do not get married with the idea of getting divorced later. To make a relationship work is however hard…

What is conveyancing?

Ownership of immovable property is not obtained on signature of an Offer to Purchase, or payment of the purchase price,…

POPI Act: The new compliance revolution

There is no hiding place anymore for South African businesses big and small as enforcement of the Protection of Personal…

DIVORCE PROCEEDINGS: WHY IT IS FAVOURABLE TO HAVE A SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT

Making the decision to end a marriage is a very emotional and hard decision to make. Having to then fight…