Aug 29, 2022 | Family Divorce and Matrimonial Law, Immigration Law
Whether a parent is married, separated or divorced, they have parental rights and responsibilities towards their child. Often, when a parent travels or relocates permanently, they want to take their child with them but need to ensure they are within the law when they...
Jun 9, 2022 | Family Divorce and Matrimonial Law
The Hague Convention of the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction is an international treaty aimed at preventing the removal of a child from the jurisdiction in which he or she ordinarily resides by a parent or guardian who has removed the child without the...
Dec 1, 2021 | Family Divorce and Matrimonial Law
Domestic abuse, also known as domestic or intimate partner violence is sadly experienced at a high degree within South Africa against persons of all races, classes, gender, sexual orientation and ages. Victims of domestic violence can include, but is not limited to,...
Jun 29, 2021 | Family Divorce and Matrimonial Law
In the past, when people were mostly confined to single jurisdictions, actions – such as divorces – were administered in a fairly trouble-free manner. In today’s mobile world, our borders have become porous and international marriages have become increasingly more...
Aug 19, 2020 | Family Divorce and Matrimonial Law
A marriage is putative if one or both spouses in good faith are ignorant of the fact that their marriage is invalid, but they have a belief that the marriage is valid. What defines a putative marriage? For a void marriage to be putative, at least one or both...
