Grandparents’ rights and responsibilities Intro: For many South Africans, grandparents are the backbone of the family, playing an important role in caring for and imparting

A client asked: At what age can the child legally decide for themselves whether they want to maintain contact with the other parent? Answer: There

My client has a child born out of wedlock. She wants to marry a UK citizen and wants to know if she needs the biological

In LH and another v LBA(EL1426/20101, Eastern Cape High Court) the court had to decide what rights of access grandparents had to their grandchild. Summary

On Monday, 27 September 2004 in the first case of this kind in South Africa, the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) handed down a ruling

A parent’s duty to support a child does not cease when the child reaches a particular age but it usually does so when the child

Adoption is a legal way for an adult single person or couple to become the legal parents of a child. When you adopt a child,

A SA branch of the British founded Fathers-4-Justice (F4J), a civil rights organisation campaigning for children’s rights to see both parents and grandparents after a

The South African branch of Fathers4Justice, a non-profit organisation campaigning for the rights of parents to have access to their children, wants to see the

What are the rights are of a parent who has joint custody of a child as opposed to one that has sole custody? Joint v.