Divorce might be messy and difficult. Blissful couples enter into prenuptial agreements (prenups” for brief) to spell out their financial rights and responsibilities throughout their marriage. Moderately than a plan for divorce, a prenup is a roadmap for a successful marriage. It also permits parties to face certain issues before they get married and serves as a test for his or her relationship.
Divorce instances are heard in the Excessive Courts or, since 2010, within the regional civil magistrates’ courts A court has the jurisdiction to hear a divorce if both of the spouses is legally domiciled throughout the geographical jurisdiction of the court, or if both partner is “ordinarily resident” (i.e. normally lives in) the jurisdiction and has been ordinarily resident in South Africa for a minimum of a 12 months.
At the momentary relief listening to the decide will have a look at all the papers that each events have filed. The attorneys will converse for the parties, and the court docket may question the parties. It’s unusual for the court docket to take testimony at a short lived relief listening to.