Category: Maintenance
Parental Alienation
Interviews with Alienated Parents All Over the World Subscribe to Sinta Ebersohn’s Youtube Channel to see all her past and future interviews. Subscribe to the Fair Divorce Podcast to listen to all her interviews and other discussions. Sinta Ebersohn of Fair Divorce interviews Norwegian father Jonas Dahl, about his divorce and how he was instantly […]
Child Maintenance Difficulties
Support for Parents Going Through The Child Maintenance System CMDSA is an acronym for Child Maintenance Difficulties in South Africa, a Facebook group founded by Felicity Guest in July 2014. She started the group to offer support to people going through the maintenance system as a result of her own traumatic experience with a fraudulent divorce. […]
21 Ways Cultural Diversity Impacts Divorce
21 May is World Day of Cultural Diversity and to commemorate that, let’s look at the role cultural diversity plays in our relationships, families and communities especially when going through separation and divorce. Diversity is a great thing. It enriches our relationships and widens our horizons. Opposites attract and it’s super exciting to get to […]
67 Questions about Divorce
. “Generally speaking, there are two kinds of learning: experience, which is gained from your own mistakes, and wisdom, which is learned from the mistakes of others.” – John Maxwell . On Mandela day (18 July), I set out to answer 67 questions about divorce, as my goodwill contribution. It took several days of diligent […]
21 Fair Divorce Lessons
21 Fair Divorce Lessons (extracts from the book by divorce mentor, Sinta Ebersohn) 25 June was Global Fair Divorce day and in my book, 21 Fair Divorce Lessons (which will be published soon), I offer 21 significant elements that ensure a fair separation and divorce. Here are the first three: Choose the right process: Litigation […]
Claiming Maintenance Outside South Africa
South Africa has reciprocal enforcement agreements with several countries, so maintenance can be claimed from a person living in those countries. Where one of the parties reside in a proclaimed country or territory under this agreement, the process of claiming maintenance between the two countries can be followed through diplomatic channels. It takes approximately 12 […]
Organised Communication for Divorced Parents
Not only will this tool simplify your life as a single parent, it will reduce conflict and make your children happy! It is already being used by more than 100 000 families in over 100 countries worldwide. . . 2Houses helps you to organise your schedule and keep track of all activities, manage your expenses […]
Children’s Rights to Parental Care Protected, but at Whose Expense?
Sport24 article refers: Ex-Proteas star Cullinan convicted over child maintenance The good news is that two children’s basic right to parental care from both parents, have finally been protected by the court, as it should be. But the bad news is that the State neglected its duty to protect children’s rights in the first place: […]
Stop Paying Maintenance at Retirement
Many payors of spousal support assume that when they retire, their obligation to pay support will stop. After all, each of the parties will have received their share of the assets accumulated during the relationship, including the retirement savings and pension. Payors frequently assume that each spouse is thus responsible for planning for his or […]
Prevent Divorce from Ruining Your Finances
Plenty of people go through the process each year of dissolving their marriages, splitting their assets and making custodial arrangements for their children. While every divorce situation is unique, separating spouses should do the following 10 things to up their odds of coming out of the proceedings on financially stable ground. 1. Take stock of […]
