A Rudy & M Hans Attorneys

22/08/2023

https://www.iol.co.za/capeargus/news/cape-widow-faces-loss-of-home-after-judge-orders-masters-office-to-sell-property-to-pay-creditors-0fa8b2a4-bd40-426c-9b3d-6f9dcf3a32dd?fbclid=IwAR2HFyHWnLNWlSPgRjA6Epwz6V8bl6LrMnJOJtZD_vTCtGo6awMbAcY_c5M_aem_AUFzofqXVi0G4ocQnX940JkT4CfzaYaEZOn7BOxXm5rlSx1YppCWcMiEs_AnP2wHLhY&mibextid=Zxz2cZ

A Cape Town widow is faced with losing her home after the Western Cape High Court ordered the Master of the High Court to decide on the manner and conditions of the sale of the Hout Bay property to pay her late husband’s creditors.

20/03/2023

https://www.iol.co.za/pretoria-news/news/no-need-to-develop-common-law-for-unmarried-couples-to-claim-maintenance-in-separation-say-judges-f6796096-7ef9-476c-b9c3-ca50852a4cc4

The application was sparked by the applicant, who was in a life partnership for nine years with her partner and the father of her three children, but hey have broken up, and she is trying to claim maintenance from him.

07/02/2023

https://www.iol.co.za/pretoria-news/news/ex-husband-who-never-contributed-to-household-gets-nothing-in-divorce-5b65aada-f6da-48cd-b3e7-2cce3ee95c5f

A man has lost out on his portion of his wife’s state pension, their house and all of which formed part of their joint estate because he never contributed towards the household during their marriage.

14/12/2022

05/10/2022

https://www.iol.co.za/capeargus/news/muslim-widow-wins-r19-million-maintenance-case-in-western-cape-high-court-8f18d036-5060-4442-8b55-7dc5e6431371?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook =1664825906

Judge Yasmin Meer made the ruling after a complicated trial spanning 19 days and involving 13 witnesses, including Muslim scholars and which involved interpretation of Shariah law as well as civil law.

22/07/2022

https://www.msn.com/en-za/news/other/a-divorced-parent-can-claim-maintenance-for-adult-dependent-children-court-rules/ar-AAZPRXp?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=fbf3150584444431a9a02ce86e252852

The issue to be determined by the Supreme Court of Appeal was whether a parent has legal standing to act on behalf of adult dependent children to claim maintenance on their behalf, or whether the children have to make the claim for themselves.

02/02/2022

https://www.groundup.org.za/article/maintenance-orders-do-not-prescribe-after-three-years/?fbclid=IwAR0is9Q-9bxJuoxHlCcD5EjfLdFbGRO4lb0ctg768rmDi1tILw9_C8i_5yQ

Supreme Court of Appeal has ruled that maintenance orders will only prescribe after 30 years

17/01/2022

https://businesstech.co.za/news/business/550522/mandatory-vaccine-policies-in-the-workplace-heres-what-employers-and-staff-need-to-know-in-south-africa/?fbclid=IwAR28XS9lvQuu5NX7xLC2oHZkNSgqL66BBL-2Gok_qHplDoGMyU2XaQRYcEE

As many South Africans head back to work in January, questions over hybrid work models and calls for a return-to-office and mandatory vaccine policies are front and centre.