27/01/2026 Bertus Preller Adultery, Divorce, Exceptional circumstances separation, In Community of Property, Infidelity, Liquidator, Liquidator, Receiver Divorce, Separation Applications, Separation of issues, Trusts, Trusts accrual system, conceptual separability, convenience test, De Wet NO v Jurgens, divorce litigation, divorce proceedings, divorce South Africa, Estate Sayle, family law South Africa, Gillespie v Gillespie, interim maintenance, joint estate division, marriage in community of property, matrimonial property law, Matrimonial Property Regime, NK v KM, receiver and liquidator, separation of issues, strike date, T.S.Y v L.E.Y, TD v LD, trust assets joint estate, undivided share, Wilson J, ZAGPJHC 34 You Can’t Have Your Divorce and Keep the Estate Too: T.S.Y v L.E.Y (2022/3952) [2026] ZAGPJHC 34 (26 January 2026) on the Inseparability of Divorce and Asset Division in Marriages in Community of Property. The Factual Matrix: A Long-Separated Couple and the Quest for a "Clean" Divorce The applicant, TSY, and the respondent, LEY, married in community of property on 27 July 1989. The… READ MORE
06/05/2025 Bertus Preller Divorce, Interim Maintenance, Maintenance, Procedure, Rule 43, Separation Applications case analysis, convenience requirement, convenience test, court judgment, Divorce Decree, divorce litigation, divorce proceedings, divorce strategy, financial prejudice, irretrievable breakdown, Judicial Discretion, judicial economy, KwaZulu-Natal High Court, Legal Framework, legal implications, marital status, Marriage Dissolution, matrimonial disputes, matrimonial property, matrimonial rights, Mossop J, piecemeal litigation, prejudice assessment, proprietary consequences, Rule 43 Application, separation of issues, South African Family Law, spousal maintenance, Uniform Rule 33(4) “Shackled or Separated? High Court Dismisses Rule 33(4) Application in A.K v R.N (D6036/2023) [2025] ZAKZDHC 15 (30 April 2025)”. Introduction to A.K v R.N: A Case of Separation of Issues in Divorce Proceedings In the recent case of A.K v R.N (D6036/2023) ZAKZDHC 15 (30 April 2025), the KwaZulu-Natal… READ MORE