Resources

Below are some resources that can help you gain a better understanding of your family member’s rights under the Children’s Act and the Divorce Act:

NO. 38 OF 2005: CHILDREN’S ACT, 2005.

To uphold specific children’s rights enshrined in the Constitution.
To establish guiding principles for the welfare and safeguarding of children.
To prevent the abduction of children and implement the Hague Convention on International Child Abduction.
To expand the scope of children’s courts and enable the issuance of contribution orders.
To introduce new regulations for the adoption of children, including inter-country adoption, while complying with the Hague Convention on Inter-country Adoption.
To outline parental responsibilities and rights.
To establish new offenses concerning children’s protection.
To regulate surrogate motherhood.

The Mediation in Certain Divorce Matters Act of 1987.
The Marriage and Matrimonial Property Law Amendment Act of 1988.
The Justice Laws Rationalisation Act of 1996.
The Domicile Act of 1992.
The Divorce Act of 1979 amended by the Matrimonial Property Act of 1984.
The Transfer of Powers and Duties of the State President Act of 1986.
The Divorce Amendment Act of 1992.
The Divorce Amendment Act of 1989.
The Divorce Amendment Act of 1996.
The Divorce Courts Amendment Act of 1997.
The Judicial Matters Second Amendment Act of 2003, also amended by the Magistrates’ Courts
Amendment Act of 1993.
The Jurisdiction of Regional Courts Amendment Act of 2008.