10/09/2024 Bertus Preller Wills contested will, estate planning, executor duties, expert testimony, family dispute, inheritance, legal precedent, mental capacity, morphine effects, pancreatic cancer, South African Law, testamentary capacity, undue influence, Wills Act Family Fortune Fracas: M.E.K and Another v Pokroy N.O and Others (70352/16) [2024] ZAGPPHC 862 (26 August 2024) Reshapes South African Will Law. Background: A Family Feud over a Contested Will The case of M.E.K and Another v Pokroy N.O and Others (70352/16) ZAGPPHC 862 unfolds as a gripping family saga centred on… READ MORE
01/02/2024 Bertus Preller Customary Marriages constitutional values, cultural diversity, cultural practices, customary law, customary marriages, dignity, equality, estate administration, estate executrix, Family Law, inheritance, judicial decisions, Khashane v Minister of Home Affairs, legal challenges, Legal Framework, legal interpretation, legal precedent, Legal Procedures, Legal Protection, legal recognition, lobola negotiations, marital rights, marriage registration, posthumous registration, Recognition of Customary Marriages Act, South African Law, spousal rights, surviving spouse rights, traditional marriages Securing Rights Beyond Life: The Landmark Case for Posthumous Registration of Customary Marriages in South Africa. – Khashane v Minister of Home Affairs and Others (052246/2023) [2024] ZAGPPHC 3 (12 January 2024). Introduction to the Application for Posthumous Registration of a Customary Marriage In the case of Khashane v Minister of Home Affairs and Others (052246/2023) ZAGPPHC 3 (12 January 2024), the… READ MORE
02/11/2023 Bertus Preller Alimony, Arrears, Costs, Divorce, Financial Disclosure, Interim Maintenance, Maintenance, Marriage, Rule 43, Spousal Maintenance Divorce Act, divorce proceedings, financial disclosure, financial inequity, inheritance, interim maintenance, legal precedent, maintenance obligations, marital contribution, marital standard of living, non-disclosure, ophthalmologist, Rule 43, Section 7(2), South African Family Law, spousal support, Uniform Rules of Court, Urgent Application, variation order Balancing the Scales of Interim Maintenance: A South African Case Study on Inheritance and Rule 43 Orders. L.M v R.D.M (EL789/2022) ZAECELLC 32 (31 October 2023) Case Summary: The applicant, an ophthalmologist, instituted an application seeking, amongst others, variation of an Order granted by Stretch J on… READ MORE