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8 guides to help you navigate family law matters.

Adoption

Adoption is the process where a person applies in court to be considered as the parent of a child. Find more information...

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Child Contact

Contact refers to maintaining a personal relationship with a child. It entitles a person to see, spend time with or comm...

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Cohabitation

What is cohabitation and how are couples protected in cohabitation? Find the answers to these questions and more by read...

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Divorce

When spouses have marital problems, they can either try to save the marriage through counselling or if there is no chanc...

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Maintenance

Maintenance is an amount of money that a person has to pay towards another person based on a legal duty to support that...

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Marriages

Learn about marriage laws in South Africa, and the differences between civil marriages, customary marriages, and civil u...

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Unmarried Father

Unmarried fathers have parental rights and responsibilities towards their children. For more information surrounding unm...

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