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Defying a court order regarding parental rights may result in jail time

12 February 2024,  Rudi Pitts

A divorce, by its very nature, may be an acrimonious process that is faced by many people.

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Can an unmarried father register a child under his surname?

15 November 2021

I’m the father of a newborn daughter. The mother, to whom I’m not married, disappeared immediately after birth leaving me... as sole parent of my daughter. Because I don’t know where the mother is I cannot get the mother’s consent. Without this consent Home Affairs does not want to register my daughter under my surname. I have no idea what to do now. Can you help?

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Curatorship = A Relationship of Great Trust

01 September 2023,  Corné NunnsTheresa Tannous

With all the vitamins we take in on a daily basis and medical advances happening every day, we tend to... live longer

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Both Spouses Liable For Child Maintenance

04 August 2020,  Lefevré Joubert

Even the rich feel the pinch of the economic impact of Covid-19, as a mother of two small children discovered... in the Gauteng High Court (Pretoria)

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No Will = Intestate Succession

05 September 2019

The unfortunate tendency amongst the public at large, when trying to draft a Last Will and Testament themselves, in order... to have some sort of peace of mind when it comes to the devolution of their world-wide belongings, often has devastating consequences for their loved ones

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The struggle of the surviving spouse in Muslim marriages.

22 March 2018

In South Africa women married in terms of Islamic Law (Shari’ah) does not have the necessary protection, as a marriage... as such is not recognised in South Africa.

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