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One of the first questions clients ask us at Otrebski Attorneys is, “If we divorce, who pays the legal costs?” It is a fair concern. ...

A divorce lawyer in South Africa can cost anywhere from a few thousand rand for a straightforward, uncontested matter to several hundred thousand rand for ...

Getting married out of community of property in South Africa is a deliberate legal choice, not something that happens automatically. To achieve it, a couple ...

If you are asking yourself “how do I go about a divorce in South Africa?”, the practical answer is that you start with a single ...

If you are married in community of property in South Africa, the short answer is that you cannot truly buy a house “alone”. The Matrimonial ...

A divorce settlement agreement is the written contract that records how a husband and wife will end their marriage and divide up their lives. In ...

A marriage in community of property is the default marital regime in South Africa. When two people marry without first signing an antenuptial contract, the ...

Divorce law in South Africa is governed by a statute that is now more than four decades old. The Divorce Act 70 of 1979 still ...

The assets that are excluded from a divorce in South Africa depend almost entirely on the matrimonial property regime that applies to the marriage. There ...