If your spouse has a boyfriend or girlfriend and that relationship breaks up your marriage, the innocent spouse can sue the guilty spouse’s lover for monetary damages based on allegations of emotional harm caused.

When parents divorce, and there are minor children involved, it is very important to make arrangements that would be in the best interest of the children. When any court decides a matter that involves a child, the best interest of the child would always be paramount. Below you will find all terms and laws associated with the legal custody of …

If you are married in community of property, Is it possible to change to another form of marriage contract?

What is required to relocate with a minor child within or outside South Africa or to take a child out of South Africa permanently.

For some couples, having a baby is as easy as putting on some cool jazz, opening a bottle of bubbly, and … well, you know how that story ends. Unfortunately Mother Nature isn’t equally generous when she hands out the fruits of fertility,

  One in four children will be abused at some point in their childhood. 80% of sexual abuse offenders are known to and trusted by a child. 99% of the perpetrators of sexual abuse are men. Sexual abuse usually happens in a familiar environment where the offender has complete control. One of every four women in South Africa is in …

What rights of access do grandparents have to their grandchildren?

Female employees have a right to four months maternity leave, but by law your employer is not obliged to give you paid maternity leave.

Before 1996, pregnant women had no clear right to have an abortion.  It was only allowed in very limited instances.  The Abortion and Sterilisation Act, 1975 regulated the termination of a pregnancy and only made provision for strictly defined circumstances in which abortion was allowed

Living in a sectional title property often involves sharing walls with your neighbours and having people living above you, below you or even both. Noise nuisance is one of the most common problems in sectional title and the usual suspects include: