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.
YOUR RIGHTS AS A PARENT / SPOUSE
- 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.