Cape Town, visitation rights, child custody, child maintenance, divorce, parenting plan

Cape Town, visitation rights, child custody, child maintenance, divorce, parenting plan

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Best advice on finding a top divorce lawyer for your divorce case  in Wynberg, Cape Town

Do you live in Wynberg, and are you considering divorcing your spouse? Or have you been threatened with divorce? Either way, a divorce is a legal matter, and it is best to find sound legal advice or assistance. Furthermore, divorcing someone has potential severe legal consequences you may not know of. The first consequence, of course, is that you are no longer married to your former spouse, and there is no legal obligation to maintain each other (unless you qualify for alimony). You may also not inherit from your former spouse’s intestate. Lastly, and obviously, you are free to marry someone else. However, do you know of the proprietary (property) consequences of getting a divorce? What about the assets and debt you and your spouse incurred in Wynberg or elsewhere during your marriage? Do you know what should happen to it? If not, it is best you find out about these critical aspects and others before getting divorced. Then there is the issue of parental responsibilities and rights after the divorce should there be minor children involved. This article aims to provide guidance on finding the best attorney or advocate for your divorce matter that can adequately and properly advise you or handle your divorce. The advice would apply whether you live in Wynberg or anywhere else in South Africa. The issues we shall deal with are the following.
  • Gender of the Advocate or attorney;
  • Location of the Advocate or attorney;
  • Experience of the Advocate or attorney;
  • Costs of the Advocate or Attorney; and
  • The personality of the Advocate or Attorney.

What is the best gender of the Advocate or Attorney I need to use for my divorce? Is a male or female better?

Generally, the gender of your Advocate or Attorney should not play a role at all in a legal matter. However, depending on your background and the issues involved in your divorce, you may prefer a specific gender where you may feel more comfortable. A female who has been emotionally, physically and psychologically abused may be more comfortable with a female Attorney or Advocate. However, the same female client may prefer a male Advocate or Attorney. No more will be said on this issue.

What is the ideal office location of the Advocate or attorney? Does it have to be in Wynberg?

The location or office of your attorney or Advocate is essential if you wish to consult with them in person. It is also ideal, but not necessary, for their offices to be close to the Court where the divorce would be handled. However, many lawyers make use of correspondent lawyers for this purpose. Furthermore, location should not be an issue if you want a specific lawyer to handle your case. This is so especially seeing that people are making use of virtual meetings.

What level of experience should the Advocate or attorney have?

It is important to remember that not all legal matters require the best lawyer. If your divorce is straightforward, finding the best lawyer in the field is unnecessary. The best may be very busy and lack the time to give your case the attention it deserves. However, if your matter is complicated, then in that case, the most experienced and best lawyer out there is not warranted.

What about the Costs of an Attorney or Advocate?

For many, the costs of the Attorney or Advocate are the most crucial consideration when it comes to enlisting their services. Usually, the more experienced the Attorney or Advocate, the more they would charge. Another aspect that affects costs is the nature of the expertise of the Advocate or Attorney. If the issues in your matter are highly technical and complicated, an Advocate or Attorney with expertise and experience may charge more.

What about the personality of the Advocate or Attorney?

Many may discard the Advocate or Attorney’s personality as not important. However, it is essential to note that it may be time to change lawyers if you do not get along well with the Advocate or Attorney because of their personality. A lawyer and their client would develop a professional relationship in family law matters. This is especially so when the lawyer must discuss many personal issues regarding you, your marriage, children, finance, spouse etc. If you cannot get along well with your Attorney or Advocate, you may not divulge important information relevant to your case.

What is our best advice to a client looking for an Advocate or Attorney in a divorce matter?

Considering all the factors mentioned above, before enlisting the services of an Advocate or Attorney, ensure you enlist the right one. Do not look for the most experience or best, or the top one in family law. You may have to change lawyers if you do so and cannot afford legal bills. Therefore consider the above and any other factors that you may consider necessary when deciding on enlisting the services of an Advocate or an Attorney. Best of luck.

 

Heartlands Baby Sanctuary

An event of excellence

Playing it Forward at De Zalze Golf course:

25th October 2024

 

A little bit about Heartlands:

Heartlands Baby Sanctuary, in Somerset West, is a residential (24 hour, 7 days a week) safe care facility that opened its doors 9 years ago. The facility aims to provide safety and protection for children who desperately need it. These are children who have endured unimaginable abuse, neglect, and abandonment, or who may have disabilities that make them even more vulnerable.

 

Throughout the years, we have been able to provide a home – like environment, to help make a positive impact on the lives just under 400 children. We have developed specialised programs to address their unique needs during their stay with us, and we have made remarkable differences. Witnessing how these children flourish and find happiness when they are shown love, care, and safety has been both heartbreaking, however, more heartwarming.

 

Children who get a healthy start to life in the 1st 1 000 days and beyond are:

  • 10 times more likely to overcome life threatening childhood diseases
  • More likely to complete nearly 5 more grades in school
  • More likely to go on to earn 21% more in wages as adults
  • More likely to have healthier families of their own

 

Our key annual fundraising event

 

`If it goes right, it’s a slice, if it goes left, it’s a hook,

if it goes straight, it’s a miracle’ Doug Fields

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


This year, De Zalze are only allowing 5 charities to hold golf days, and Heartlands has been selected as one from countless others, given the very high standard of our previous golf days.

 

THE ASK:

This fundraising golf day aims to contribute significantly towards bringing our annual costs down, but not only that, it will assist us in raising more financial support through exposing us to potential new donors. De Zalze is recognized as a five-star golf course in South Africa, attracting very high LSM players. 

 

Your benefits as a sponsor / donor:

  • Elevate your brand visibility, forge new customer connections, foster business collaborations, and relish a memorable time on the course—all while championing a noble cause.
  • Discover a spectrum of sponsorship options tailored to suit your budget and marketing objectives at our tournament.
  • Ensure that you, your colleagues, and esteemed clients can enjoy an exhilarating Playing it Forward, Heartlands Baby Sanctuary Golf Day, with huge benefits such as unique auction items and prizes.
  • Transform Lives While Boosting Your Brand

Sponsorship opportunities include: (some of which are tax-deductible)

 

  • Co-Branded golf shirts: max. R16 000 for staff and volunteers and 4 x representatives from your company (qty 40 – approximately R400 per shirt including embroidery)

 

  • Dinner incl. set up: R32 000 (big, delicious braai platters) – tax-deductible.
  • Taking a 4-ball R7 000 and/ or sponsoring a dry hole R4 500 or wet hole R5 000
  • Overall contribution towards golf day – tax-deductible pending client requests
  • TITLE SPONSOR R70 000 includes all of above including branding throughout the venue and at the entrance and deck, positioning on TV screens at the venue, newsletter (5 500 reach), Facebook (7 700 reach) and includes one 4-ball and one wet hole. 

PLUS

 

  • Potential access to the database, pending question at registration to receive communication from yourselves with a YES/ NO for POPI reasons.

 

I do hope you can assist us in our fundraising, Day of Difference, Playing it Forward golf day. We would love to have you on board for an awesome day out on the golf course, whilst giving you great visibility and the opportunity to meet new clients, and to spoil your existing clients. If you are not able to help with the golf day, there are various other ways of helping. Simply liking and sharing our social media posts, and circulating this with friends, family and colleagues, will help create awareness around the work we do, helping us immensely.

 

Thank you for your time and I look forward to hearing from you.

 

Kind regards,

 

Nikki Bower – Sustainability| Marketing | Events

[email protected]

021 – 852 3527

 

 

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