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The Family Law and Divorce Law Blog
Equality of Arms in Rule 43: Northern Cape High Court Rejects the R25,000 First-Day-of-Trial Practice for a Contribution to Costs: C.G.S v J.H.S (2026-133005) [2026] ZANCHC 92 (30 October 2026).
This case concerns a Rule 43 application in the Northern Cape Division in which the only issue left for decision was the quantum of a husband’s contribution towards his wife’s…
Georgia and International Family Law Blog
Healing Is a Team Sport: How Therapy Supports Families Through Litigation
The word “therapy” comes from the Greek therapeia, which meant “attendance” or “care.” The ancient sense was less about fixing someone and more about being attended to and cared for…
Conflict of Laws .net
Recognition of a Kosovar Judgment in Greece
Introduction. Decision No. 21257/2026 of the Thessaloniki Court of First Instance is of particular interest in the fields of private international law and international civil procedure, as it concerns the…
Conflict of Laws .net
Recognition of a Kosovar Judgment in Greece (copy)
Introduction. Decision No. 21257/2026 of the Thessaloniki Court of First Instance is of particular interest in the fields of private international law and international civil procedure, as it concerns the…
The Family Law and Divorce Law Blog
When the Decree Falls Silent: A Rule 43 Order Does Not Survive Divorce – S.C.K v B.K (A143/2026) [2026] ZAWCHC 629 (23 October 2026).
This Full Bench appeal in the Western Cape Division decides whether an interim maintenance order granted under Rule 43 continues to operate after a decree of divorce that says nothing…
The Family Law and Divorce Law Blog
When Pendente Lite Means Exactly That: The Full Bench Ends a Post-Divorce Maintenance Dispute in KIV v CJV (A151/2025) [2026] ZAFSHC 465 (15 October 2026).
This case concerns a divorced husband who asked the Free State High Court to declare that his duty to pay his former wife R25 000 per month in spousal maintenance…
The Family Law and Divorce Law Blog
Self-Help Is Not a Defence: Ex-Husband Held in Contempt for Flouting Maintenance Order in D.O v M.E (6955/2018) [2026] ZAWCHC 624 (21 October 2026).
This case concerns a former husband who, for the better part of seven years, paid his ex-wife’s court-ordered rehabilitative maintenance when and in the amount he chose, pleaded poverty and…
The Family Law and Divorce Law Blog
Freezing the Trust and the Company: Why a Section 7(3) Redistribution Claim Did Not Found a Preservation Order Against Separate Legal Entities in T.J.R v S.L.R and Others (2026-000369) [2026] ZAGPJHC 1181 (8 October 2026).
This case concerns a wife, married out of community of property without accrual, who sought interim preservation orders over assets held by a family trust and a company controlled by…
DMConsultants Blog
¿PAGAS O RECIBES DINERO DE TU EXCÓNYUGE?
Hacienda puede tratar de forma diferente a las dos partes Una resolución del TEAC muestra que algunos pagos efectuados tras una separación pueden tributar para quien los recibe, aunque no…
Conflict of Laws .net
The Philippines: Recognition of Foreign Divorces and Recent Amendments to the Rules of Court
This post is kindly prepared by Akifumi MOCHIZUKI, attorney at law at Atsumi Toshiyuki Law Office and a member of Private International Law Association of Japan 1. The…