16/12/2022 Bertus Preller Alimony, Cohabitation, Common Law Wife, Interim Maintenance, Maintenance, Rule 43 cohabitation, common law marriage, common law wife, Divorce Attorney Cape Town, Domestic Partnerships, ex lege duty of support between life-partners, maintenance, permanent opposite-sex life-partnership THE COMMON LAW MARRIAGE IN SOUTH AFRICA NEW DEVELOPMENTS. PART ONE OF FOUR INTRODUCTION In an earlier article I wrote about a landmark case, due to be heard by 3 Judges in the Cape High Court on 20 January… READ MORE
06/11/2022 Bertus Preller Alimony, Cohabitation, Financial Disclosure, Interim Maintenance, Maintenance, Rule 43 cohabitation, duty of support, interim maintenance for unmarried partner, life-partnership, maintenance, permanent opposite-sex life-partnership, Rule 43, unmarried partners Interim Maintenance for an Unmarried Partner in a permanent opposite-sex life-partnership. A very interesting application was set down to be heard before three Judges in the Cape High Court. In the application, akin to a Rule 43 application, the Applicant will… READ MORE
29/01/2022 Bertus Preller Cohabitation, Universal Partnership cohabitation, cohabitation agreement, Family Law, living together, unmarried couples Be careful, living together may cost you half of your assets when you breakup. Some case law in South Africa has far reaching consequences for unmarried couples who live together. In one case the court concluded that an unmarried woman who devoted all her time, effort… READ MORE