Legal Trouble

The thing about the law is that you don’t have to be doing anything wrong to get into trouble. One can make innocent mistakes and get on the bad side of the law. This can be very costly when you’re running a business. At our law offices, we offer professional business legal advice and guidance that will steer your business in the right direction. We offer the following business legal services:
  • Business Legal Support
  • Business Legislation Compliance
  • Drafting of Business Contacts
  • Drafting Employment Contacts
  • Business Legal Training
  • Private and Non Profit Company Registrations
  • Credit Profiles
  • Business Trusts Registration
Do not hesitate to call our law offices on 021 424 3487 for an online appointment to consult with the legal expert in any of the following business areas listed above. Here is why you should consider legal backup before your business can hit a potential snag…

Business mistakes can be costly

Whether you’re long in the game of business or just testing the waters, mistakes can unfold easily. You could be closing a business deal not realizing you signing your life away. It is times like this where the expertise of a legal expert could come in handy. Do not wait for your business to crash –act immediately and have your legal team on board.

Legal bullying

If you’re a newly flourished business, small but successful, you could start gaining the attention of big businesses. Silly, petty mishaps like marketing content, incorrect wording or images, can pose a threat to your business. Most small, self-starting business enthusiasts don’t have the legal back up immediately and big businesses know this. And so, they try and threaten your business will law suits for incorrect marketing content and so forth. These legal issues can suck your hard earned business dry should you fail to have the necessary legal back up in place. It is important that you keep all receipts and financial records of the money coming in and going out. Should there arise any financial disputes with other businesses; the black and white proof will be there for the legal expert. The numbers don’t lie!

Business Legislation Compliance

When it comes to business legislation compliance, the legal expert advises that a business should not be started without legal support. “All businesses are required to comply with legislation. Furthermore, certain laws would be specific to your business. It is therefore important that you and your staff understands, and complies with the various legislative and other measures in place in relation to your business. Therefore, no person should start a business, or continued running it, without knowing what are all the legal requirements involved. Other than the necessary licenses that might be required for the operation of your business, there are also tax issues, and various legislation that needs to be adhered to. By way of example, if your business makes use of chemicals, the environmental laws needs to be adhered to. Legal requirement would also apply if you intend exporting goods or decide to run a transportation business. There are also internal requirements that needs to be attended. Here reference is made to UIF for employees, unions, insurances etc.” Find out more on the importance of the legal and business services we offer and feel free to call our offices on 021 424 3487, for an online appointment today!

Family Legal Consultancy – Free, expert family legal advice

What sets our consultancy aside from the rest is that we incorporate family legal matters as well – with the legal expertise of the legal expert, we are able to advise on family legal matters. Below are family legal topics we deal with: We have compiled a range of online legal articles that explains the rights of fathers. These online articles contain free, expert legal advice compiled by the legal expert himself: Feel free to call our law offices on 021 424 3487 today, for an online appointment for a professional legal consultation today! The creators of this website had  
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Legal Trouble

The thing about the law is that you don’t have to be doing anything wrong to get into trouble. One can make innocent mistakes and get on the bad side of the law. This can be very costly when you’re running a business.

At our law offices, we offer professional business legal advice and guidance that will steer your business in the right direction. We offer the following business legal services:

  • Business Legal Support
  • Business Legislation Compliance
  • Drafting of Business Contacts
  • Drafting Employment Contacts
  • Business Legal Training
  • Private and Non Profit Company Registrations
  • Credit Profiles
  • Business Trusts Registration

Do not hesitate to call our law offices on 021 424 3487 for an online appointment to consult with the legal expert in any of the following business areas listed above.

Here is why you should consider legal backup before your business can hit a potential snag…

Business mistakes can be costly

Whether you’re long in the game of business or just testing the waters, mistakes can unfold easily. You could be closing a business deal not realizing you signing your life away. It is times like this where the expertise of a legal expert could come in handy. Do not wait for your business to crash –act immediately and have your legal team on board.

Legal bullying

If you’re a newly flourished business, small but successful, you could start gaining the attention of big businesses. Silly, petty mishaps like marketing content, incorrect wording or images, can pose a threat to your business. Most small, self-starting business enthusiasts don’t have the legal back up immediately and big businesses know this. And so, they try and threaten your business will law suits for incorrect marketing content and so forth. These legal issues can suck your hard earned business dry should you fail to have the necessary legal back up in place.

It is important that you keep all receipts and financial records of the money coming in and going out. Should there arise any financial disputes with other businesses; the black and white proof will be there for the legal expert. The numbers don’t lie!

Business Legislation Compliance

When it comes to business legislation compliance, the legal expert advises that a business should not be started without legal support.

“All businesses are required to comply with legislation. Furthermore, certain laws would be specific to your business. It is therefore important that you and your staff understands, and complies with the various legislative and other measures in place in relation to your business.

Therefore, no person should start a business, or continued running it, without knowing what are all the legal requirements involved. Other than the necessary licenses that might be required for the operation of your business, there are also tax issues, and various legislation that needs to be adhered to.

By way of example, if your business makes use of chemicals, the environmental laws needs to be adhered to. Legal requirement would also apply if you intend exporting goods or decide to run a transportation business. There are also internal requirements that needs to be attended. Here reference is made to UIF for employees, unions, insurances etc.”

Find out more on the importance of the legal and business services we offer and feel free to call our offices on 021 424 3487, for an online appointment today!

Family Legal Consultancy – Free, expert family legal advice

What sets our consultancy aside from the rest is that we incorporate family legal matters as well – with the legal expertise of the legal expert, we are able to advise on family legal matters. Below are family legal topics we deal with:

We have compiled a range of online legal articles that explains the rights of fathers. These online articles contain free, expert legal advice compiled by the legal expert himself:

Feel free to call our law offices on 021 424 3487 today, for an online appointment for a professional legal consultation today!

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What are the legal implications of a step-parent adopting a child in South Africa? Is it possible and  what are the rights of the biological parents?

It often happens that a couple marries and there are step-children involved. A spouse would therefore have a child from a previous relationship. The previous relationship could either have been a marriage or just a romantic experience. Sometimes, the step-parent would want to adopt the child, affording him or her legal rights and responsibilities over the child. This is the case, even if the other parent is still alive and in the picture. It may happen that a parent is not much involved in a child’s life and would not mind that the other parent who cares for the child have his or her spouse adopt the child. By doing so, the child would have the step-parent’s surname. The responsibility towards the child would now also fall on the step-parent. Whatever the reason, this article deals with the legal aspects. As you would see further below, an adoption order has the following effect: (a) confers full parental responsibilities and rights in respect of the adopted child upon the adoptive parent; (b) confers the surname of the adoptive parent on the adopted child, except when otherwise provided in the order; (c) does not permit any marriage or sexual intercourse between the child and any other person which would have been prohibited had the child not been adopted; and (d) does not affect any rights to property the child acquired before the adoption. (3) An adopted child must for all purposes be regarded as the child of the adoptive parent and an adoptive parent must for all purposes be regarded as the parent of the adopted child. The law dealing with adoptions is the Children’s Act 38 of 2005 (the Act). Chapter 15 of the Act which deals with it is quite extensive. It starts at section 228 and ends at section 253. We will first deal with the issue as which child may be adopted. For a full view of the Act and the relevant sections, click here. Child who may be adopted 230.(1) Any child may be adopted if- (a) the adoption is in the best interests of the child; (b) the child is adoptable; and (c) the provisions of this Chapter are complied with. (2) An adoption social worker must make an assessment to determine whether a child (3) A child is adoptable if – (a) the child is an orphan and has no guardian or caregiver who is willing to adopt the child; (b) the whereabouts of the child’s parent or guardian cannot be established; (c) the child has been abandoned; (d) the child’s parent or guardian has abused or deliberately neglected the child, or has allowed the child to be abused or deliberately neglected; or (e) the child is in need of a permanent alternative placement. Next, we deal with who may adopt a child. Persons who may adopt child 231.(1) A child may be adopted- (a) jointly by- (i) a husband and wife; (ii) partners in a permanent domestic life-partnership; or (iii) other persons sharing a common household and forming a permanent family unit; (b) by a widower, widow, divorced or unmarried person; (c) by a married person whose spouse is the parent of the child or by a person whose permanent domestic life-partner is the parent of the child; (4 by the biological father of a child born out of wedlock; or (e) by the foster parent of the child. Lastly, should all go well, the court would make an adoption order. The next section of the Act deals with the effect of the adoption order. Effect of adoption order 242.(1) Except when provided otherwise in the order or in a post-adoption agreement confirmed by the court an adoption order terminates – (a) all parental responsibilities and rights any person, including a parent, step-parent or partner in a domestic life partnership, had in respect of the child immediately before the adoption; (b) all claims to contact with the child by any family member of a person referred to in paragraph (a); (c) all rights and responsibilities the child had in respect of a person referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) immediately before the adoption; and (d) any previous order made in respect of the placement of the child. (2) An adoption order – (a) confers full parental responsibilities and rights in respect of the adopted child upon the adoptive parent; (b) confers the surname of the adoptive parent on the adopted child, except when otherwise provided in the order; (c) does not permit any marriage or sexual intercourse between the child and any other person which would have been prohibited had the child not been adopted; and (d) does not affect any rights to property the child acquired before the adoption. (3) An adopted child must for all purposes be regarded as the child of the adoptive parent and an adoptive parent must for all purposes be regarded as the parent of the adopted child.

What are the rights of step-parents and his or her spouse after the step-parent adopted the child?

Once a child has been adopted by a step-parent, the court can order that both the step-parent and spouse (other biological parent) are the holders of parental responsibilities and rights. This issue was dealt with in the case of Centre for Child Law v Minister of Social Development (21122/13) [2013] ZAGPPHC 305; 2014 (1) SA 468 (GNP) (30 October 2013). The court stated the following: [14] The advice allegedly given by officials of the Children’s Court to prospective applicants for adoption that, in terms of s. 242 of the Act, the granting of an application for adoption by a step-parent will automatically terminate all rights and responsibilities of the parent in respect of the child, ignores the exception provided for in the preamble of s. 242. In terms thereof, an adoption order terminates those rights “except when provided otherwise in the order…………… The Children’s Court therefore has a discretion to order that the rights and responsibilities of a child’s parent or guardian will not terminate upon the grant of an adoption order in favour of the step-parent. It will, save in exceptional circumstances, clearly be in the best interests of the child that such an order be made. The Children’s Court is obliged to function in a manner which in each case promotes the best interests of the child and should, except where there are sound reasons not to do so, make an order that the granting of an adoption order in favour of a step-parent will not terminate the responsibilities and rights of the child’s parent or other guardian. In this case, the court made the following order: [17] In the result, I grant the following order: 1.It is declared that section 230(3) of the Children’s Act, 38 of 2005, does not preclude a child from being adoptable in instances where the child has a guardian and the person seeking to adopt the child is the spouse or permanent domestic life-partner of that guardian. 2.It is declared that section 242 of the Children’s Act, 38 of 2005, does not automatically terminate all the parental responsibilities and rights of the guardian of a child when an adoption order is granted in favour of the spouse or permanent domestic life-partner of that guardian, having regard to the discretion which section 242 affords the court to order otherwise. 3…

What are the rights of the step-parent and the biological parent’s post-adoption?

Once the step-parent adopts the child, he or she has full parental responsibilities and rights as outlined above., The court can also order that you retain your parental responsibilities and rights over your child. At the same time, unless there is a post-adoption agreement stating otherwise, the other parent loses all his or her rights over the child.
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