Co-ownership Archives - Family Laws South Africa

14/08/2025

Bertus Preller Divorce order enforcement, Divorce settlement defects, Litis contestatio, Procedure, Rescission applications, Rescission applications, Settlement agreement interpretation, Settlement agreement variation, Settlement agreements, Urgency, Urgent applications, Validity Divorce Settlement Agreement Alienation of Land Act, bond approval, breach letters, Case Law Analysis, Co-ownership, Consent Papers, conveyancing, divorce order enforcement, estate agents, Family Law, forum selection, High Court jurisdiction, judicial comity, litis contestatio, marital property disputes, matrimonial property, Powers of Attorney, property transfer disputes, Regional Court jurisdiction, rescission applications, Rule 6(12), sale agreements, sectional title, Self-Created Urgency, South African property law, urgent applications, urgent motion proceedings, void ab initio, Western Cape High Court

Self-Created Urgency and Invalid Property Agreements: Key Lessons from SPR v NV (2025/119985) [2025] ZAWCHC 346 (13 August 2025).

Factual Matrix: Divorce Order Enforcement and Property Transfer Disputes The matter concerned the enforcement of a Regional Court divorce order incorporating a consent paper, where former spouses held immovable property…

29/06/2025

Bertus Preller Family Law Cases May - June 2025 actio communi dividundo, birth registration, Child Custody, Child Relocation, Children’s Court jurisdiction, Co-ownership, customary adoption, customary marriage, divorce rescission, DNA testing, estate administration, family law 2025, familylaws.co.za, financial disclosure, international contempt, June 2025 family law, maintenance enforcement, Matrimonial Property Act, May 2025 SA cases, parental alienation, Plascon‑Evans, preservation order, procedural fairness, property sale order, relocation, Rule 35 discovery, Rule 43, settlement agreement interpretation, shared parental responsibility, South African Family Law, widow maintenance

Shaping the Landscape of Family Law: May–June 2025 South African Case Law Roundup.

Shaping the Landscape of Family Law: May–June 2025 Roundup The months of May and June 2025 featured several high-impact judgments that will influence future family-law disputes—especially on jurisdiction, customary marriage, property rights…

Divorce and Deception: A Landmark Case on Hidden Assets and Legal Consequences – Insights from Namibian Law: Oberholzer v Loots and another (SA 33-2021) NASC [2023] (22 November 2023)

Background and Relationship between the Parties The Appellant and the Respondent were involved in a personal relationship. During this period, they lived together and were engaged in the management and…

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