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Tina Hokwana is a legal practitioner who unpacks court judgments to provide you with insights on how family law works.
The tribunal has ruled against a widow who claimed to have been financially depended on the deceased while then man's children and girlfriend shared his R3,5m estate.
The South Gauteng High Court ruled that a woman must forfeit her share of her husband's pension after her infidelity, which involved having a child with his friend and publicising it on social media.
The Pretoria high court has ruled that a man who was in a relationship with a woman for 16 years failed to prove that he was entitled to inherit from her estate in terms of the Intestate Succession Act.
The high court in Johannesburg has ruled in favour of a mother and terminated the parental responsibilities and rights of her husband in respect of their two children.
The Mahikeng high court has set aside the controversial auction of a R1.5m house after finding the auction process was conducted unfairly.
