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We practise law holistically. Our goal is not to pick and win fights, but - through civility and good will - to achieve justice and healing for our clients.
Bregmans Attorneys have handled family law matters since 1974 including the following: child custody (now called residence) and access (now called contact or visitation), biological fathers' rights, grandparent's rights, divorce (uncontested & contested), divorce mediation and negotiation of family law disputes, divorcing a missing spouse, life partnership agreements, parenting plans and pre- and post-marital contracts.
We also offer friendly, prompt and affordable services in the areas of commercial agreements, conveyancing, property law, insolvency, rehabilitation, liquidation, litigation, debt relief, debt restructuring and work-outs, labour law, estate planning, wills, trusts and winding up of deceased estates.
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DIY divorce for R1710
If there are no disputes between you and your spouse and you have no kids, no debts and no property you can do your own divorce inexpensively.
Read more »Postnuptial registration of Antenuptial contracts
If you are married in community of property it is possible to change to another form of marriage contract.
Read more »Antenuptial contracts for R1000
We specialise in drafting ANC’s. We can liaise with you either face-to face or via email. The latter option would only be realistic if you already know which type of marriage contract you would prefer.
Read more »Living Together
If you are two adults who share an emotional, physical and financial relationship similar to that of a married couple but choose not to marry, you should prepare a domestic (or life) partnership agreement to protect yourself should your partnership dissolve.
Read more »Have you made a will? If not, why not?
According to statistics, almost 70% of people have not made a will. Is that because the making of a will is an admission of one's mortality? More often than not, we are requested to draw a will at short notice because a client is leaving for holiday or is about to have an operation. A will is a very important document and should not be left to the last moment as an afterthought. If you have not made a will, we urge you to do so without delay. On the other hand, if you have a will, perhaps now would be a good time to revise it, because of changed circumstances.
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Featured Articles
- Children
- Divorce
- Estate Planning
- Labour
- Neighbours
- Property
- Debt Relief
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A child becomes a major in the eyes of our law when he or she turns 18. When can a minor (a child under 18) be liable for contracts that he or she enters into?
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This article explores the duty of support
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What rights does the alleged father have?
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This article deals with the various time limits that are involved in regard to the request for payment, and the time that is allowed to funds within which to make the payment
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Married couples can dissolve their marriage through divorce. This ends the marriage and the divorced parties can legally marry again.
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This article describes the duty to support someone else financially
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Mervin Messias explains the general principles
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A welcome recent amendment to the Estate Duty Act gives spouses access to each other’s estate duty abatements and eliminates the need for the artificial use of structures such as trusts to achieve this objective. The amendment applies from 1 January 2010.
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I recommend that you have separate offshore wills for every country in which you own offshore assets.
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When is a polygraph test admissible?
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What, exactly, is sexual harassment?
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Can an employee be dismissed if he refuses to take a polygraph test?
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I am often asked what a person can do about excessive noise coming from a neighbor’s property.
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You can do something about unpleasant neighbours. In 2008 an elderly couple got an interdict against their unruly neighbours and their children. When they ignored the court order the High Court sentenced them to 30 days imprisonment for contempt of court, suspended for three years.
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What do you do if your neighbour is unreasonable and refuses to tone down his stereo system or generally behaves in an obnoxious manner to you and your fellow neighbours.
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Individuals who own their private dwelling in a trust, company or a closed corporation (CC) will have until 31 December 2012 to transfer the immovable property into their own name without having to pay transfer duty
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Individuals have another window of opportunity until 31 December 2012 to transfer their residences out of their companies or trusts into their own names without incurring any adverse tax consequences.
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Does the Consumer Protection Act, 2008 (“CPA”), which became effective on 1 April 2011, mean the end of the "voetstoots" or "as is" clause?
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What to keep in mind when borrowing money from family
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Certain provisions of the National Credit Act No. 34 of 2005 deal with over-indebtedness and restructuring of debt.
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Learn how to use credit cards wisely so that you don't get buried in credit card debt.
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