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How much does a Family lawyer cost?

  • R1200 – R3500/hour
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Family lawyer

  • R1000 – R3000/hour

Family lawyers handle a variety of legal issues within the realm of family law including marriage, civil unions, domestic partnerships, adoption, paternity, and guardianship. The cost often depends on the complexity of the case, the experience of the lawyer, and the duration of legal services required. Family lawyer costs range between R1000/hour and R3000/hour with an average of R2000/hour.

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Divorce lawyer

  • R1200 – R3500/hour

Divorce lawyers specialize in issues around the legal termination of a marriage, including alimony, division of assets, and child support. The costs can vary significantly based on whether the divorce is contested or uncontested, the assets involved, and if there are complex custody issues. The average cost to hire a Divorce lawyer is R2200/hour, or typically between R1200/hour and R3500/hour.

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Child custody lawyer

  • R1000 – R3500/hour

Child custody lawyers focus on disputes or agreements regarding the guardianship of a child. These costs depend heavily on the dispute's complexity, whether the case settles out of court, and the lawyer’s expertise. For a Child custody lawyer, expect to pay between R1000/hour and R3500/hour.

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Labour lawyer

  • City (or suburb) where you need the service: Vereeniging
  • What are you looking for?: Representation in court
  • Are you an employer or an employee?: An employee

I am seeking severance pay from my previous employer My submission is that i terminated my employment contract due to my employer s fault My employer stolen more than R-00 of my money by using fraudulent garnish order's He also stolen my money's R-00 using the section of the Public Service Act which was declared null and void by the Constitutional Court i then resigned and file a case of constructive dismissal the commissioner held that my employer s conduct was unlawful and is set aside but he says i am not constructively dismissed I made an urgent application to the Labour Court and seek the Court to grand me a further relief and then make that relief an order of the Court my prayers was granted but my employer refused to reinstate or to offer me alternative employment so i seek severance package

General practice lawyer

  • City (or suburb) where you need the service: Riverlea, Johannesburg
  • What are you looking for?: Help with legal documents

Hi My pittle sister reversed into someone's car and and hit the left side fender or the car, damaging it by leaving a whole as it seemed to be of fibre glass. Offers were made to the lady to have the fender replaced and painted but she refused all offers made instead, sent her boyfriend to let us know that she needs R for that damage, fixing it would have cost much less because we had already started getting quotations. Weeks later, she had a full makeover of her car, amounting to more than R59 , and now my pittle sister is sued for that whole amount of her car makeover. Everything that had nothing to do with the damage caused by the incident, was repaired.

General practice lawyer

  • City (or suburb) where you need the service: Vanderbijlpark
  • What are you looking for?: Help with legal documents, Representation in court

9m. Cz bought it did to police paper change of owenership but never got judge to take step in to the matter becouse of a unlawfull bail i never made arragement with to bail me out in the holding cort cell i need my parbelem that in court safe only lawers can help me to get it back the police refuese to open the casw again in oder for the jugde to give my pistol back also had on my 9mm round that the police put togeter with my 9mm in a plasitc now left for judge to aprove that i was the buyer of the pistol Police charged me with 69 case the want to me to prove that i did not steel it since i privided them with all lisensce of preveouse owner and also lisence photo of me i was in the proses of changer the gun to my name the police nou said only the court and lawer can acsess my cz 9mm so i stuck !!!

Divorce / family lawyer

  • City (or suburb) where you need the service: Ventersdorp
  • What are you looking for?: Help with legal documents, Consultation, Representation in court
  • What issue will the case address?: Divorce

Have been with a layer, had the case running for almost 3years, stopped it with the layers due to no communication or any progress on case, the other party has no layer only legal wise. Father not registered on birth certificate and being refused to see child(5) and no photos,video call etc. Contact refused. Seperated for 3 and half years now

General practice lawyer

  • City (or suburb) where you need the service: Strand, Cape Town
  • What are you looking for?: Consultation

Settlement in divorce stipulates ex husband must pay my medical expenses untill I marry again. I have been on a specific medical aid plan for >10 years, for which he has been paying monthly contributions. Now he is demanding that I change to a cheaper plan, saying if I don't, he will only pay the cheaper plan and I will have to pay the monthly divergence. Is he allowed to do this? If not, what will you charge for sending him info regarding this matter?

Divorce / family lawyer

  • City (or suburb) where you need the service: Bloemfontein
  • What are you looking for?: Help with legal documents, Consultation, Representation in court
  • What issue will the case address?: Child custody

Unmarried biological mother and father. Paternal grandmother has primary residence of minor. Paternal grandmother is refusing biological father his rights and responsibilities. Not sure if paternal grandmother has guardianship due to the refusal of obtaining legal documentation from lawyers or paternal grandmother.

Divorce / family lawyer

  • City (or suburb) where you need the service: Kempton Park
  • What are you looking for?: Representation in court
  • What issue will the case address?: Divorce

My Husband his staying with his first wife as I was his second wife the house that his staying in was bought by his first Son , and his no longer supporting the kids I have two children with him the boy and the girl the boy his turning 19 years this year and his doing his first year at Wits university and the girl she's 10 years old I'm all alone supporting them on the other side I'm not working please help thanks 🙏

Labour lawyer

  • City (or suburb) where you need the service: Johannesburg
  • What are you looking for?:
  • Are you an employer or an employee?: An employer

Greating sir/madam my name is I was working in a company for the past 18yrs my case it's a dismissed I was working as a pettern making in a development department I lost my pattern in the company they did not do follow I reporte the matter to the pattern department manager it ended up dismissal they didn't pay me my money.i lost my job much.

General practice lawyer

  • City (or suburb) where you need the service: Knysna
  • What are you looking for?: Consultation

I need legal advice regarding a summons received from a private school where my son studied. This is due to a dispute regarding notice period which I felt was not necessary because I never completed the schools re registration process for the next academic year as required. The summons was delivered yesterday 11 November . I

Estates, trusts, and wills

  • City (or suburb) where you need the service: Ga-Rankuwa
  • What service do you require?: Formation of trust

We were adopted,stated living there from then was married went to stay at my house my mom was fine at that time one day a grandson came to stay with us couse transport money was not good for him that is were my mom got sick and he did not take care of her my 18 year was loking after her at night and me day-time Antilles she passed away now they want the house we have 11 kids we don't have the adoption paper's we don't know our own parents or we came from.