High Court vs Regional Court- Where shall I get divorced?
Not too long ago- I am talking about around 2015 our High Court began serving our community here in Mbombela. This Court did not yet have its own building and had its base of operations on the upper floors of our Magistrates' Court. The attorneys of our city seemed very eager to make use of this new Court and soon we have found that this new Court received a tremendous in-flow of cases. Among those cases were divorces. Soon afterward, however, this Court was made far less accessible with practice directives that seem designed to keep matters away from the court roll indefinitely. With other matters we have an array of case management procedures that have to be followed before a matter is enrolled for hearing. In the case of divorces where minor children are involved the High Court has brought in a requirement that seems to keep these matters off the roll indefinitely... You see- When someone gets divorced out of the Regional Court on an unopposed basis the particulars of claim to...