16 years in practice
Pretoria North, Gauteng
NRV Law Offices, NG Onderstepoort Office Block, 377 Eeufees Street, Pretoria North, Pretoria, 0116.
012 546 0400
12 years in practice
Pretoria North, Gauteng
625 Moselie Street, Florauna, Pretoria North071 879 0910
Law Firm
Pretoria North, Gauteng
23 Kamelia Road, Karenpark, Akasia, Pretoria012 321 0404
Law Firm
Pretoria North, Gauteng
33 Clivia Complex, Rooi-Stinkhout Street, Annlin, Pretoria North066 254 5443Divorce is offered by every one of the 4 firms in our Pretoria North directory, so you have a wide choice. By years in practice, the most experienced are NR Voyiatzakis Attorneys (16 years) and Dawid Pietersen Prokureurs / Attorneys / Baemedi (12 years). 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 Pretoria North Magistrate's Court at 335 Emily Hobhouse Street, Pretoria North serves Pretoria North. The nearest Office of the Family Advocate is in Pretoria, about 9 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 9 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 Pretoria North are dealt with at the Pretoria North 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 9 km away.
Legal Aid South Africa helps people who qualify under its means test. The closest office to Pretoria North is Legal Aid SA Pretoria Local Office, about 9 km away.
