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Family Law Team

Our team of professional family law specialists is dedicated to providing personalised, high-quality, and ethical legal services. We understand that family law matters are sensitive and unique for each client. Therefore, we strive to ensure that we comprehend each client's needs and provide tailor-made solutions and advice that best suit their situation.

Our expertise includes dispute resolution and mediation in various courts, including the Children’s Court, Maintenance Court, Domestic Violence Court, Magistrates' Court, Regional Court, and High Court.

Our approach balances compassionate client service with an unwavering commitment to efficiency, empathy, and dignity.

Services offered:

  • Assistance in reaching amicable settlements through negotiation and support
  • Divorces (contested and uncontested)
  • Divorce Mediation
  • Co-habitation Agreements
  • Mediation in Family Law Disputes
  • Parenting Plans
  • Acquiring parental responsibilities and rights for interested parties
  • Children’s Court and High Court Proceedings
  • Maintenance - Child Maintenance and Spousal Maintenance
  • Protection Orders
  • Urgent Application
  • Applications for the change of matrimonial property regimes
  • Applications for the appointment of a curator bonis

 

Key Contacts for Family Law

Key Contacts for Family Law

 

Ilze Strydom

Director

Ilze is a Director in the Dispute Resolution Practice Group who specialises in Family Law in the High Court, Regional... Court, Magistrate’s Court, Maintenance Court, Children’s Court and Domestic Violence Court. She focuses on divorce matters, child and parental rights and responsibilities issues in general such as contact rights, primary care, relocation locally and abroad, maintenance disputes, domestic violence matters, as well as civil litigation matters such as appointment of curators and delictual and contractual claims. She is dedicated to providing a personal professional service to clients so as to ensure justice is done.  

Bloemfontein
ilze@phinc.co.za
+27 51 400 4117
+27 84 307 6207
 

Chang-Lin Dirks

Associate

Chang-Lin is an Associate in the Family law Department of the Dispute Resolution Practice Group. Her primary focus and service... areas include, divorces, children’s matters, maintenance, domestic violence, cohabitation agreements, changes to marital property regimes and general advises on matrimonial property law as a tool in estate planning. Chang-Lin is also an admitted notary public and this adds immense value to her role as a family law advisor and particularly the role of marital property laws in well strategized estate planning. 

Bloemfontein
chang-lin@phinc.co.za
+27 51 400 4024
+27 51 400 4161
+27 81 449 5201
 

Zelnè du Toit

Attorney

Zelné is an Attorney in the Dispute Resolution Practice Group as part of our Family Law department. She strives to... assist her clients to the best of her ability, by understanding their needs and assisting them in attaining the most favourable outcome.

Bloemfontein
zelne@phinc.co.za
051 400 4038
082 443 3869

Ilze Strydom

Director

Ilze is a Director in the Dispute Resolution Practice Group who specialises in Family Law in the High Court, Regional... Court, Magistrate’s Court, Maintenance Court, Children’s Court and Domestic Violence Court. She focuses on divorce matters, child and parental rights and responsibilities issues in general such as contact rights, primary care, relocation locally and abroad, maintenance disputes, domestic violence matters, as well as civil litigation matters such as appointment of curators and delictual and contractual claims. She is dedicated to providing a personal professional service to clients so as to ensure justice is done.  

Bloemfontein
ilze@phinc.co.za
+27 51 400 4117
+27 84 307 6207

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Chang-Lin Dirks

Associate

Chang-Lin is an Associate in the Family law Department of the Dispute Resolution Practice Group. Her primary focus and service... areas include, divorces, children’s matters, maintenance, domestic violence, cohabitation agreements, changes to marital property regimes and general advises on matrimonial property law as a tool in estate planning. Chang-Lin is also an admitted notary public and this adds immense value to her role as a family law advisor and particularly the role of marital property laws in well strategized estate planning. 

Bloemfontein
chang-lin@phinc.co.za
+27 51 400 4024
+27 51 400 4161
+27 81 449 5201

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Zelnè du Toit

Attorney

Zelné is an Attorney in the Dispute Resolution Practice Group as part of our Family Law department. She strives to... assist her clients to the best of her ability, by understanding their needs and assisting them in attaining the most favourable outcome.

Bloemfontein
zelne@phinc.co.za
051 400 4038
082 443 3869

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Family Law Expertise

Child Rights

Advice, guidance and support in respect of child rights, including protection, maintenance, custody, adoptions, surrogacy, legal representation, mediation, negotiation, investigations, draft...

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Dispute Resolution

Dispute resolution advice and support services across all legal forums, risk and merit assessment, institution and management of legal action, briefing of counsel, lodging of appeals and rev...

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Divorce and Maintenance

Advice, guidance and representation in relation to divorce and maintenance, mediation, negotiation, investigations, drafting of documentation and agreements, initiation of proceedings and al...

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Mediation and Arbitration

Mediation and arbitration support services utilizing appropriate mediation and arbitration forums, risk and merit assessment, initiation and management of mediation or arbitration proceeding...

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Child Rights

Advice, guidance and support in respect of child rights, including protection, maintenance, custody, adoptions, surrogacy, legal representation, mediation, negotiation, investigations,... drafting of documentation and agreements, initiation of proceedings and all other matters relating to child rights.

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Dispute Resolution

Dispute resolution advice and support services across all legal forums, risk and merit assessment, institution and management of legal action,... briefing of counsel, lodging of appeals and reviews, legal representation, preparation of documentation, legal opinions and all related support to resolving legal disputes.

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Divorce and Maintenance

Advice, guidance and representation in relation to divorce and maintenance, mediation, negotiation, investigations, drafting of documentation and agreements, initiation of... proceedings and all other matters relating to divorce and maintenance.

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Mediation and Arbitration

Mediation and arbitration support services utilizing appropriate mediation and arbitration forums, risk and merit assessment, initiation and management of mediation... or arbitration proceedings, legal representation, briefing of counsel, lodging of appeals and reviews, preparation of documentation, legal opinions and all related support services.

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