The law that shapes family matters, explained the way we would explain it across a table. Read before you worry.
Civil marriage, civil union, customary and religious marriage: what each one requires, what each one means for your property, and how each one ends. Includes the three property regimes and what an antenuptial contract actually does.
Read the guide Guide · A Focus of the PracticeWhat makes a customary marriage valid, what lobola does and does not do, why registration protects you, what happens to your property, and how these marriages end. With the disputes that catch families out, and where religious marriages fit in.
Read the guide Guide · DivorceSettled, mediated, or contested: what each route involves, what every divorce must resolve, how the law protects you and your children while it is pending, and where protection orders fit in.
Read the guideThese guides are general information about South African law, current at the time of writing. They are not legal advice, and no attorney-client relationship arises from reading them. Speak to an attorney about your own circumstances.
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