Does my ex have to take our child with him on weekends?
Another public holiday is behind us and attorneys' offices most likely have received at least one call from a divorce client who wants to make last minute arrangements about their child's visit to the other parent or who wants to stop that visit from taking place at all. Divorces tend to bring out the best and worst in parents. The father who has always been to busy with his work to pay attention to his children suddenly becomes an interested parent who is willing to even litigate in the High Court to spend time with his child! The mother who used to wish that she had not thrown away her best years for her husband and children...? Her children have now become her "everything"... Healthy children suddenly develop medical emergencies out of the blue that require medication to be bought every month and the boy who was not interested in any extra-mural activities has suddenly begun taking piano lessons... South Africa's law does not allow much room for abuse in disp...