Tag: Family Law

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

Article courtesy of Law Dot News | Family Law - Divorce Assets New Ruling on Divorce Assets: How Does it Affect You? “…the inequality at hand is caused when, after the conclusion of the marriage, a distortion is caused by the fact that one spouse contributes directly or indirectly to the other's maintenance or the increase of the other's estateRead more

Article courtesy of Law Dot News | Family Law “A prodigal is a person who, through some defect of character or will, squanders his or her assets with such abandon that he or she threatens to reduce himself or herself and/or her dependents to destitution” (extract from judgment below) What can you do when someone you know (often but notRead more

Article courtesy of Law Dot News | Family Law Divorce: Claiming Interim Maintenance and a Contribution to Legal Costs Even if your marriage is collapsing around you, you might be afraid to sue for divorce because you have no money to survive on, plus you know that a hotly contested divorce might take years to finalise while your breadwinner spouseRead more

Article courtesy of Law Dot News | Family Law Spousal Maintenance After Divorce and the “Clean Break” Principle “The clean break principle after divorce has found resonance with our courts for many years.  The aim of this principle is to ensure that the parties become financially independent of each other as soon as possible after divorce.” (Extract from judgment below)Read more

Article courtesy of Law Dot News – Family Law Divorce Who Gets the House on Divorce? “I am a marvellous housekeeper. Every time I leave a man, I keep his house” (seven-times-divorced actress Zsa Zsa Gabor) Historically 44% of South African marriages have ended in divorce, and there has reportedly been a 20% surge in new divorce applications since lockdown.Read more