Services

Is your monthly repayments to your creditors in arrears?
Is there Judgements taken against you in Court for debts owed?
Do you feel that it is impossible to pay your judgement debts and pay half of your creditors?
Are you busy losing your assets due to execution procedure of some creditors?

You need to consider a sequestration before you lose all your assets to only pay part of one or two of your debts, leaving the rest of the creditor’s balances still due!

If your sequestration is successful, your debt is written off completely.

YES- You will be blacklisted
YES- You will lose some of your assets regarded executable in favor of your creditors
YES- Someone is appointed to manage your estate.

BUT-You can start over, and you can be rehabilitated, depending on your circumstances even after 12 months

What do I need to pay? Each case is different. It depends on how much executable assets you have, if you are receiving a monthly salary, making payment arrangements, etc. The approximate amount you will need either in cash, installments or value of executable assets is 30c for every R1.00 of debts you owe.

MAKE AN INFORMED DESCISSION AND DO IT BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE!

Are there different options? YES, and we provide them all. We shall assist you to get a TAILORMADE SOLUTION!

Tried everything to salvage your marital relationship?
Even tried marriage counselling.
Afraid, scared and emotionally drained in an unhappy marriage?
Uncertain about the process and scared of going to Court?

We will be on your side; you will not be alone!

How does it work?

When someone owes you money, there are legal ways to get that person to pay what they owe you. Time is of the essence. It is important to know that debt can prescribed.
Debt prescribes when:

1. You have not received any amount of money from that person for a period of 3 years (and more)
2. You have not successfully taken judgment against that person in 3 years
3. The person owing you money did not sign an acknowledgement of debt

In need of a valid contract?

A contract or written agreement protects all the parties involved. You may think you can “agree” on a handshake because you know the other party for years, or they may even be family but you are WRONG! Parties to a handshake/ gentleman’s agreement do not discuss the essential details of a valid agreement. If/when things go wrong, it is one party’s “perception” of what was agreed against the other. One party’s word against the other.

The cost of legal processes to compare and establish the “perceptions” of the parties is far higher than the cost involved for a proper agreement in writing. An agreement protects interests and eliminate most of the uncertainty, which may occur due to foreseen, unforeseen and unintended scenarios.

We can assist you to draft an agreement containing the essential elements required by law whilst reflecting the true intentions of the parties thereto.

Types of contracts include:

1. Sale/purchase agreements
2. Employment contracts
3. Non-Disclosure contracts
4. Rental contracts
5. Service level agreements
6. Settlement agreements
7. Contract of employment etc.

Who will do the talking for you when you are gone?

We will assist to draft your last will and testament. The voice to set out your wishes when you cannot speak anymore. It is important to know your loved ones are cared for after you have passed and to know that your will is administered as such. Make informed executable bequests.

All required documents will be kept in save keeping, sparing your loved ones the hassle to search for it when you have passed.
You can update it regularly to ensure an effortless administration of your estate.

Do you need protection and/or are you feeling threatened?
If you are being harassed in such a manner that you fear your life might be in danger (either now or in the future), you can apply to obtain a protection order against such a person. This includes stalking, verbal or electronic communication and/or the delivering of letters and/or other packages. It is encouraged that you especially apply when you are being abused (physically, mentally or emotionally). A protection order will provide you with a manner of protection. If a person against whom the protection order was made, commits any act of harassment afterwards, he/she will be arrested.
Do not let your children be exposed to such behavior.

YOU HAVE RIGHTS!
YOU HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT YOUR CHILDREN!

Times are tough! Not all adults realize that they have a responsibility to support or contribute towards a dependent’s necessary expenses.

Dependents can be a wife or a child even in some circumstances an elderly mother or father. Depending on the circumstances, either the parent or the child, has the right to obtain a maintenance order against a person who does not contribute.

How is the amount payable calculated?

There is no fixed amount determined for dependents.

The Court considers the income and necessary expenses of the persons responsible for maintaining the dependents, and weigh it up against the actual needs of the dependent.
Both a mother and a father have the responsibility to contribute towards a dependent’s need, in proportion to their income. The Court will also take in consideration the standard of living of the parties and the dependent, where after it will make a suitable and fair order.
Proof of income, expenses of the responsible parties as well as the actual needs of the dependent will be required before an order can be made.

Our office is in Potchefstroom and is prepared to tend to correspondent instructions as required. We proud ourselves to provide trustworthy, cost effective and professional legal services to our colleagues and where necessary, assist their clients in our district. Our office will only work on written instruction from the corresponding attorney. Our fee structure will be communicated and signed for by the instructing attorney.