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The First International Day for Judicial Well-being: What About Everyone Else?

Anxiety, Conflict Resolution, Costs of Divorce, Depression, Emotional Abuse, Financial, Grief, Health, Litigation, Litigational Abuse, Mental, Parental Alienation, Perspectives, Physical, Practical, Stress, Technical, Trauma / By Sinta Ebersohn

On the twenty fifth of July 2025 the world observed the inaugural International Day for Judicial Wellbeing declared by the United Nations. This date honours the psychological and emotional burdens carried by judges who dispense decisions under intense scrutiny and weighty consequences. Their wellbeing surely matters. Yet while we turn our compassion toward the bench we …

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New Legislation Forces Attorneys to Advise Mediation

Litigation, Litigational Abuse, Mediation, Technical / By Sinta Ebersohn

Countries all over the world are realising that mediation is a much better solution for divorce than litigation. Ireland is the latest to add their new legislation, obliging attorneys to suggest mediation to their clients before opting for litigation. . In order to cut legal costs and speed up the process of dispute resolution, the …

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Is Media Fueling the Divorce War?

Co-Parenting, Collaborative Divorce, Conflict Resolution, Economic Abuse, Financial, Litigational Abuse, Mediation, Mental, Practical, Stress, Technical, Trauma / By Sinta Ebersohn

. . News24 HOT TOPICS today: “Morgan Deane talks divorce: Now the war begins for real” . Divorce is an extremely sensitive family matter, notorious for its devastating effects on spouses, their children, their extended families, friends, colleagues and even new partners. The destruction is more often than not caused by the acrimonious litigation extended …

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Advice from a Judge

Conflict Resolution, Litigational Abuse, Practical, Technical / By Sinta Ebersohn

In my several decades in and near divorce court, I have seen more than a fair share of sad people who can’t seem to move on from their divorces. Some of them manage to turn the process of getting a judgment terminating their marriage from something that should have been finished in a few months …

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Don’t Divorce on Social Media

Conflict Resolution, Litigation, Practical, Technical / By Sinta Ebersohn

Every morning, as I drink my morning cup of coffee, I scroll through my Facebook news feed, and it does not take me long before I come across a “friend’s” post that causes me to shake my head, and think “Why would they post that?” In today’s social media savvy world, people are often quick …

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Did Your Attorney Advise You of Your Duty to Mediate?

Mediation, Technical / By Sinta Ebersohn

South African case law has changed the way the courts view the start of a divorce process with Acting Judge Brassey in the South Gauteng High Court (Brownlee v Brownlee: 2008/25274) emphasising the duty of parties to attempt to mediate a dispute involving a divorce process and the obligation of their respective attorneys to encourage …

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The Four Divorce Alternatives

Litigation, Technical / By Sinta Ebersohn

No two marriages are the same, and so it only follows that no two divorces will be the same, either. In fact, if you are contemplating divorce, you have several options about how to proceed. In general terms, you need to consider four broad categories of divorce alternatives: Do-It-Yourself (DIY), Mediation, Collaborative and Litigation. Let’s take a …

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