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From Dad to Duped: South Africa’s Legal Dance with Paternity Fraud and the Quest for Truth.

Understanding Paternity Fraud in South Africa: What You Need to Know Paternity fraud occurs when a mother, knowing or suspecting the truth, deliberately misidentifies a man as her child's biological…

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From WhatsApp to Whoops: How Digital Messages and a Virtual Oath Transformed Paternity Law in VJS v SH (19578/2024) [2024] ZAWCHC 333: Can You Zoom Your Way to Justice?

Background: A Paternity Dispute Emerges from WhatsApp Messages In a significant judgment from the Western Cape High Court, a project manager working at the US Embassy in Pakistan sought to…

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Love, Deceit, and Money: The Legal Tangle of a South African Husband, Wife, and Mistress. – H.W and Another v R.S (18246/2019) [2023] ZAGPJHC 1354 (24 November 2023).

Introduction The case in question delved into a tangled legal narrative encompassing marital infidelity, financial dealings, and the classification of funds transferred in the milieu of an extramarital relationship in…

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