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Nigeria
Resolution Law Firm
The process of challenging a letter of administration commences through filing a court process known as "CAVEAT" at the Probate Registry of the High Court.
Resolution Law Firm
The administration, practice, and procedure for probate in Nigeria are principally regulated by the Administration of Estate Laws of the various states of the Federation.
South Africa
Schoemanlaw Inc.
We often find that local South Africans and foreign nationals attend our office to sign cohabitation agreements. This agreement is required to meet South African visa requirements. In my own experience, ...
Adams & Adams
Women married under customary law will soon have equal rights to marital assets should they divorce.
Schoemanlaw Inc.
In terms of our law, when parties to a divorce proceeding enter into a Consent paper that is subsequently made an order of Court, there is an expectation that one of the parties shall be liable...
Adams & Adams
The festive season has come to an abrupt stop and as people are returning to work from a rather unusual Festive season in 2020, family law lawyers are being inundated with new divorce enquiries.
Schoemanlaw Inc.
Wedding planning and dreaming of the future is a combination of stress, nerves, and oh so much excitement.
Schoemanlaw Inc.
The importance of an antenuptial contract cannot be over-estimated.
Schoemanlaw Inc.
There has recently been uncertainty and confusion in light of the Supreme Court of Appeal case of Tsambo v Sengadi [2020] ZASCA 46 ("Tsambo case").
United Arab Emirates
Hassan Elhais
There is a legal difference between the terms ‘Annulment' and ‘Divorce'. Both terms relate to marriage contracts and have a very distinct meaning and the resultant procedures to each.
Hassan Elhais
The UAE today has a total population of 3.5 million Indian Expats, which comprises 27 % of the total population of the UAE.
Hassan Elhais
With the swift changes in the personal laws of the UAE, the most momentous among them were the laws relating to Divorce and Inheritance.
Hassan Elhais
In the beginning of 2021, Decision No. 3 of 2021 organized the visitation timings by one of the one parents, and the decision has organized the time numbers and types, as well as the age of the Child ...
Hassan Elhais
In the beginning of 2021, the Dubai Courts issued Decision No. 3 of 2021, organizing the application of personal status matters.
Zimbabwe
ChimwaMurombe Legal Practice
On the 28th of December 2020, the Zimbabwean Supreme Court delivered a landmark judgment in the case of Chigwada v Chigwada & Others SC188/20. The facts of the case are not disputed...
ChimwaMurombe Legal Practice
It has been viewed as a tool of manipulation by men against vulnerable women who at most are economically less empowered.
ChimwaMurombe Legal Practice
Is it possible to initiate divorce proceedings when I am not in Zimbabwe?
ChimwaMurombe Legal Practice
I have a parent/sibling/ relative who passed on outside Zimbabwe; can I register their deceased estate in Zimbabwe?
ChimwaMurombe Legal Practice
Case of maintenance of spouse after Divorce in Zimbabwe.
ChimwaMurombe Legal Practice
Wills writing in Zimbabwe.
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