by Neilsons | Mar 3, 2020 | Afrikaans, Child & Spousal Maintenance, English, Family Law
In the case of GM v KI 2015 (3) SA 62 (GJ) E the facts were as follows: the parents of the minor child were not married. A year after the child’s birth the father abandoned the child and the mother. The mother brought an application requesting the court to dispense...
by Neilsons | Jan 17, 2020 | Afrikaans, English
Owning a property in a sectional title scheme can be a mine field. You would think that this new flat or townhouse now belongs to you – your name is on the title deed, after all – and you can do with it as you please. Not so. In a recent court case* the facts were as...
by Neilsons | Sep 10, 2019 | Afrikaans, Child & Spousal Maintenance, Divorce, English
The parents divorced in 2008. The court ordered the father to pay maintenance for the two children. Two years later, his salary dropped. The next year, his salary dropped again and he went to the maintenance court to have the amount of maintenance reduced. He...
by Neilsons | Aug 28, 2019 | Afrikaans, Divorce, English
Mpho Mofomme was a successful attorney. He was still married when he took on a mistress, 11 years younger than him. As he was married in community of property, his spouse would be entitled to half of his substantial estate. He was not willing to give her what was due...
by Neilsons | Apr 5, 2019 | Afrikaans, English
Answer: Prescription If you want to claim money due to you, or the return of your goods, or damage to your property, then you only have 3 years in which to make a claim. The most usual scenario is when a friend or member of your family owes you money and constantly...
by Neilsons | Oct 1, 2018 | Afrikaans, English, Family Law
An acrimonious divorce was heard in the Cape High Court and then had another episode in the Appeal Court in Bloemfontein. The husband, a senior advocate from Gauteng, was approximately 23 years older than his second wife. He overpowered her objections and, a day...
