by Neilsons | Mar 24, 2020 | English
Dear Valued Client Last night our president, Cyril Ramaphosa, declared a 21 day lockdown period as a precautionary measure towards flattening the curve of the spread of the COVID-19 virus. We received word this morning that the court services have been designated as...
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 | Feb 27, 2020 | English, Wills & Estates
Private wills are untouchable – as long as you are not financially responsible for minor children, you can pass on your assets or disinherit whomever you choose. But what if discrimination on grounds of being female, or adopted, excludes children in a family from what...
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...
