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  2. Divorce in South Africa - Wikipedia

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    Prior to the coming into operation of the Divorce Act in South Africa on 1 July 1979, a decree of divorce could be granted by the court either on one of the two common-law grounds, adultery or malicious desertion, or on one of the two grounds introduced in 1935 by the Divorce Laws Amendment Act: incurable insanity for not less than seven years ...

  3. Divorce law by country - Wikipedia

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    A court has the jurisdiction to hear a divorce if either of the spouses is legally domiciled within the geographical jurisdiction of the court, or if either spouse is "ordinarily resident" (i.e. normally lives in) the jurisdiction and has been ordinarily resident in South Africa for at least a year. Divorce of same-sex couples is subject to the ...

  4. Civil procedure in South Africa - Wikipedia

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    The Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996, as the supreme law of the Republic, provides the overarching framework for civil procedure; [6] the Constitution has been responsible for significant changes to civil procedure since its inception in the 1990s, as in, for example, debt collection matters, [7] access to the courts [8] and prescription, in particular with respect to ...

  5. What Is a Morality Clause in Divorce? - AOL

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    Whether that clause then becomes part of the final decree is up to both parties involved. Morality Clause Divorce Rules. Morality clauses aren’t always uniform, depending on where you live ...

  6. Divorce - Wikipedia

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    According to Statistics South Africa, the number of divorces increased by 0.3% from 25,260 divorces granted in 2015 to 25,326 granted in 2016. About 44.4% of the 2016 divorces came from marriages that did not reach their tenth wedding anniversary. About 51.1% of divorces in 2016 were filed by women while men filed 34.2% divorce cases. [131]

  7. Lenders want to see divorce decrees because that's the only way to determine if there are any support payments between the two former lovebirds. Credit reports only show consumer payments such as ...

  8. South African family law - Wikipedia

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    South African family law is concerned with those legal rules in South Africa which pertain to familial relationships. [1] It may be defined as "that subdivision of material private law which researches, describes and regulates the origin, contents and dissolution of all legal relationships between: (i) husband and wife (including the parties to a civil union); (ii) parents, guardians (and ...

  9. Postnuptial agreement - Wikipedia

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    The disposition of property, other marital assets, custody, alimony and support and the like are agreed to by the marital partners upon separation and the agreement later, usually, incorporated into the final divorce decree. Agreements that seek to affect the spouses' rights in a future divorce.