Obligation to pay spousal maintenance to an ex-spouse
Does the obligation to continue paying spousal maintenance persist when an ex-spouse starts cohabitating with a new partner?
Spousal maintenance refers to the financial support provided...
Tag: cohabitation
ANCs, POAs, and the other acronyms of true love
Who needs an engagement ring when you have a Power of Attorney?
Whether it is an ANC, POA, CA, your LWT, or yet another string of letters you’ve never heard of, there is a lot of paperwork that goes into joining your life with someone else. Whether you are thinking marriage…
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Five ways to get in legal shape for 2023
New year, new you. Time to get in legal shape for a great 2023.
These are the top five ways that you can make the law work for you and your future.
Most of us think of the law as what punishes us when we do wrong but remember, the law is there to protect us too. If we choose to use…
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Life partnership and inheritance – Know your rights!
It has become common practice for many heterosexual South African couples to live together for a significant period of time as married couples would, without...
The recent Bwanya case
The right of a surviving life partner in a permanent opposite-sex life partnership to inherit or claim maintenance
The recent Constitutional Court judgment of Bwanya v The...
Blessing ceremony
In Botha v Steyn [2021] 4 All SA 87 (KZD), legal requirements of wedding ceremonies, if no marriage was contracted between the plaintiff and the defendant, there...
Shacking up? You should have a Will or cohabitation agreement
These days, before (or instead of) getting married, many South Africans are living together, in permanent life partnerships. Although the daily lives of married couples...
Cohabitation, engagement and the myth of the common law marriage
Setting the record straight
In this article, we debunk the notion that a couple living together for many years creates automatic legal rights and duties between...
Section 21 of the Children’s Act – Fathers’ rights and maintenance
We often read or hear stories about fathers of children born out of wedlock finding it difficult to assert and exercise their parental rights and...
The Civil Union Act – South African visas and a broader application
We often have South Africans and foreign nationals coming to our office to sign cohabitation agreements, in order to meet South African visa requirements. This...
