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How a divorce affects a business owner in South Africa: valuing shares and goodwill, accrual and community of property, the date of valuation, deferring payment of an accrual claim and protecting the business.

The Constitutional Court’s 2026 ruling in GD v Minister of Home Affairs means pension interests can be included in redistribution claims for marriages out of community without accrual. What changed, who it affects and what to do now.

When you need the other parent’s consent to travel abroad with your child, what documents Home Affairs requires, how to obtain a court order if consent is refused, and how courts decide relocation disputes in South Africa.

How parental responsibilities and rights work under South Africa’s Children’s Act: care, contact, guardianship, unmarried fathers, parenting plans, the Family Advocate and how disputes about children are resolved.

How a Rule 43 application works in South Africa: interim spousal and child maintenance, contributions towards legal costs and interim care and contact while a divorce is pending, and how to prepare a strong application.

A practical guide to divorce in South Africa: grounds for divorce, uncontested and contested divorces, how your marital property regime affects the outcome, pensions, maintenance and arrangements for children.

For couples with foreign ties, the law that governs their matrimonial property regime can change everything on divorce or death. How the June 2026 Western Cape High Court ruling replaced the husband’s domicile rule, and what international couples should do.

Grandparents, step-parents and other family members do not automatically have parental rights. How they can apply for contact, care or guardianship under section 23 of the Children’s Act, and what courts consider.

How child maintenance is calculated in South Africa, maintenance for adult children studying, and the enforcement tools available against defaulters, including salary attachment, credit bureau listing, cellphone tracing and criminal prosecution.

When a South African court orders one spouse to pay maintenance to the other after divorce, the factors it considers, rehabilitative and lifelong maintenance, the clean-break principle, and how maintenance orders are varied and enforced.

What an antenuptial contract (ANC) is, how the accrual system works, why commencement values and excluded assets matter, the strict signing and registration rules, and how to change your property regime after marriage, including the impact of VVC v JRM (2026).