47 years in practice
Faerie Glen, Gauteng
690 Old Farm Road, Faerie Glen, Pretoria
012 998 7316
35 years in practice
Faerie Glen, Gauteng
408 Hazyview Street, Faerie Glen, Pretoria060 880 6733
16 years in practice
Faerie Glen, Gauteng
Newlands, Pretoria-East+27 76 717 5900
13 years in practice
Faerie Glen, Gauteng
Boardwalk Waterfront Office Park, Ground Floor, Block B, Cnr Solomon Mahlangu & Haymeadow Crescent, Faerie Glen, Pretoria082 337 0001
13 years in practice
Faerie Glen, Gauteng
1st Floor, Block E, Old Farm Office Complex, 881 Old Farm Road, Faerie Glen, Pretoria.079 494 8019
13 years in practice
Faerie Glen, Gauteng
The Village Office Park, Block E, First Floor, Cnr Oberon & Glenwood Roads, Faerie Glen, Pretoria+27 (0)12 548 6188
8 years in practice
Faerie Glen, Gauteng
394 Vista Drive, Faerie Glen, Pretoria+27 (0)12 012 5067
2 years in practice
Faerie Glen, Gauteng
6 Mount Edgecombe Crescent, Boardwalk Meander Estate, Olympus, Pretoria083 686 8613
Law Firm
Faerie Glen, Gauteng
Law Chambers, Menlyn Woods Office Park, 291 Sprite Ave, Faerie Glen, Pretoria0861 266 6239 of the 12 firms in our Faerie Glen directory list divorce as one of their practice areas (75%). By years in practice, the most experienced are Rousseau and Rousseau Attorneys (47 years), Coenraad Kukkuk Attorneys Inc (35 years) and Bronwyn May - Family Law Attorneys (16 years). One of them has been practising for five years or less. All of them have a full profile on our site, with their people, history and the courts they use.
A divorce in South Africa is granted under the Divorce Act 70 of 1979, by a Regional Court or the High Court. If you and your spouse agree on everything, an uncontested divorce with a signed settlement agreement is usually the quickest and cheapest route. If you disagree about the children, maintenance or how the estate is split, the matter is contested and a lawyer becomes far more important.
Divorces are heard by the Regional Court or the High Court, while maintenance and protection orders are dealt with at the magistrate's court. The magistrate's court that usually serves Faerie Glen is the Pretoria Magistrate's Court at Cnr Francis Baard (Schoeman) and Sophie De Bruyn (Schubart) Streets, Pretoria. The nearest Office of the Family Advocate is in Pretoria, about 12 km away: Office of the Family Advocate, Pretoria, 4th Floor, Centre Walk Building (West Tower), cnr Thabo Sehume and Pretorius Streets, Pretoria. The Family Advocate looks after the interests of children in divorce and care disputes. The nearest Legal Aid SA office is in Pretoria, about 12 km away: Legal Aid SA Pretoria Local Office, 4th Floor, Locarno House, 317 Francis Baard Street, Pretoria. Legal Aid helps people who pass its means test, mainly in criminal, family and eviction matters.
If both spouses sign a settlement agreement and the papers are in order, an uncontested divorce is often finalised in a few weeks to a few months, depending on how busy the court is. Contested divorces can take much longer.
It is possible to use the court's self-help process, but a lawyer helps make sure the settlement agreement properly covers the children, maintenance, pension interests and property, which is hard to fix later.
Ask how many divorces the firm handles, whether they offer mediation, how they charge (a fixed fee for uncontested divorces is common) and which court they will use. Compare two or three firms from the list above before you decide.
Maintenance claims and protection orders for people in Faerie Glen are dealt with at the Pretoria Magistrate's Court. Divorces can be heard in the Regional Court or in the Gauteng Division of the High Court.
The closest office is Office of the Family Advocate, Pretoria, about 12 km away.
Legal Aid South Africa helps people who qualify under its means test. The closest office to Faerie Glen is Legal Aid SA Pretoria Local Office, about 12 km away.
