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Parents’ rights to care and contact of their children during lockdown

The lockdown announced by the President on 23 March 2020 left many parents who are co-holders of parental responsibilities and rights uncertain as to what the position is in regard to their right to exercise contact and care to their children during the lockdown period.…

Provided By Eversheds Sutherland

by Peter van Niekerk, Laura Schlebusch and Rebecca Davis

Must divorcing parties attempt to mediate their dispute?

Mediation assists both parties in working out arrangements for themselves and their children instead of handing over control of their affairs to a court. The process...

by Roy Bregman

Children born out of wedlock – The rights of the biological father

If you were to ask the average person on the street who they think should make decisions on behalf of a child born out of...

by Wesley Scheepers

Unabridged birth certificates for foreign children scrapped

Foreign children can now enter the country without carrying additional supporting documents such as birth certificates and consent letters. The home affairs department confirmed this in a statement announcing that the home affairs minister, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi,…

Provided By Sabinet

Avoid costly void, voidable and putative marriages

Introduction A marriage which is void ab initio (as if it never existed) does not affect the status of the parties or confer any of the...

by SchoemanLaw Inc

Grandparents and child maintenance – Is there a duty?

The obligation to support and maintain a child is a shared one between parents and arises out of the common law duty to support apropos...

by Abrahams & Gross

Joint decision-making by parents in respect of a minor

In the last few decades we have seen rising divorce rates and an increase in children growing up in two separate households, leaving parents bewildered...

by Abrahams & Gross

Custody or care of children

What is the difference between Guardianship, Custody and Care? Guardianship of a child has nothing to do with whom or where a child resides, as some...

by Candice Eve-Friis

The rights of children to maternal care – Maternity leave

The recent judgment of Gush J in the matter of Mia v State Information Technology Agency (Pty) Ltd has been a landmark judgment regarding the rights of...

by Adams & Adams

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