Tag: Family Law

Article courtesy of Law Dot News | Life Partners - Family Law | Property | Wills and Estate Planning “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of bandages and adhesive tape.” (Groucho Marx) It’s a perennial topic of dispute in our courts. A couple lives together, sharing the same roof and everything else in perfect happiness and harmony. UntilRead more

Article courtesy of Law Dot News | Family Law - What's in a Surname? This Wedding Season: What’s in a Surname? “That which we call a rose, by any other name would smell as sweet.” (Shakespeare, in Romeo and Juliet) Your wedding to-do list will be a long one, and getting all the “boring legal bits” in order before youRead more

Article courtesy of Law Dot News | Family Law - Three-Pot System Divorce and the New Three-Pot System “Divorce is the one human tragedy that reduces everything to cash.” (Rita Mae Brown) How will the new “Three-Pot Retirement System” (often referred to as a “Two-Pot System”) affect financial arrangements on divorce? Retirement savings can amount to a significant portion ofRead more

Article courtesy of Law Dot News | Family Law - Domestic Violence Protection Order Can You Get a Domestic Violence Protection Order? “It is the purpose of this Act to afford the victims of domestic violence the maximum protection from domestic abuse that the law can provide” (Domestic Violence Act) When sibling rivalry escalates into physical or psychological abuse, victimsRead more

Article courtesy of Law Dot News | Wills & Estate Planning | Family Law | Wills What is a “Universal Partnership”? “Marriage is the chief cause of divorce” (Groucho Marx) This Valentine’s Day, think about the legal aspects of your romantic relationship. They’re a lot less exciting than the traditional declarations of love backed up by chocolates and flowers, butRead more

Article courtesy of Law Dot News | Family Law How Does the New Divorce Act Ruling Affect You? Family Law – Media reports of the recent Constitutional Court decision holding a section of the Divorce Act unconstitutional and giving Parliament 24 months to remedy that haven’t always been clear about who needs to be aware of this, and who doesn’t.

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Article courtesy of Law Dot News | Family Law | Litigation Maintenance Claims and Life Partners More and more couples are opting to live together as permanent life partners rather than enter into a formal marriage. The risk for such couples is that whilst our law is steadily (if slowly and cautiously) extending many of the protections of formal marriageRead more

Article courtesy of Law Dot News | Family Law It’s Wedding Season – Three Questions to Ask Before You Marry “Marriage is a matter of more worth / Than to be dealt in by attorneyship” (Shakespeare) Wedding Season is well and truly upon us, and if you (or anyone near and dear to you) is busy planning for marriage (note thatRead more

Article courtesy of Law Dot News | Family Law | Credit Law | Debit Recovery The Trouble with Family Loans: A R540,000 Lesson “How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child!” (Shakespeare) “Family helps family in times of need” - that’s been part of human culture since long before the dawn of history but beRead more

Article courtesy of Law Dot News | Family Law - Trusts on Divorce Trusts on Divorce: Are You Stuck with an Ex-Spouse as Trustee? “Love is grand. Divorce is a hundred grand.” (Anon) That’s a great scenario whilst the marriage prospers, but what happens on divorce? A recent High Court decision addressed one such scenario – Trusts may be formedRead more