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...
A recent judgment in Arcus v Arcus (1 of 2021) [2022] ZASCA 9 has become the talk of the town precisely because it involved a payment not enforced for over 25 years. Moreover, for arrear maintenance for children who have long been self-supporting.
The Supreme Court …
The Children’s Act 38 of 2005, as amended (hereafter the “Children’s Act”), offers parenting plans as a mechanism to assist parents with how to exercise their parental responsibilities and rights after separation or divorce. A parenting plan must comply with the…
The Gauteng High Court, Pretoria, has reserved judgment in an application that could pave the way for divorcing spouses, married out of community of property...
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...
Divorce proceedings are seldom without drama: personal attacks by the parties, accusations of infidelity, hidden assets, even kidnapping of children. Tragically, it is often the...
The Guardian’s Fund (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Fund’) was established to administer the funds of various persons who cannot do so themselves. The Fund...
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...