Martin Vermaak Attorneys has a Specialised Divorce and Family Law team that has a good and ever increasing reputation.

Most of our Clients are professional people – Company Directors; Doctors; other Attorneys;  Sports Players; Musicians; Politicians; etc: and their matters can be quite high profile. However, we handle divorces for anyone who requests our services and instructs us. We also handle divorces which require an Edictal Citation to commence, because one of the Spouses is resident overseas.

Business people, whether in commerce and industry, show business or government officials, are on the go all the time. They require the services of Specialist Attorneys who can deal with their matters and look after their futures – while they are busy getting on with their own professions.

The Divorce and Family Law team work in close association with Senior and Family Advocates and also with Family Care Experts. This constant interaction with these experts feeds our ongoing quest for self-improvement and knowledge in a manner to which many Attorneys are not privvy. This enables us to challenge the status quo as and when the need arises.

Call us today with your Divorce and Family Law matters and we'll show you what good service and expert counsel is all about.

Divorce

The decision to marry is possibly the single most important decision you will ever make in your life. The decision to divorce is very weighty - divorce, separation and child Primary Residence (custody) proceedings are some of the most stressful and agonising times in a person's life. In complex divorce cases, your assets, future and family may be at stake.  Poor legal representation could lead to losing a significant portion of your possessions and savings, losing precious months and years with your children and it could even threaten your future ability to take care of yourself.  Issues of maintenance, prenuptial agreements, child primary residence (custody) and asset allocation could all turn against you should you not have an Attorney who understands how to create a high-level legal case and manage a divorce trial.

In our experience, a very high proportion of marriages end up in divorce, as and a miniscule amount of those divorces go to trial. However, Trial or not, the divorce is in the hands of the Attorneys, and is dependent on how good they really are with their experience, their drafting and their negotiating strategies and skills.

The Particulars of Claims, the Settlement Agreements, and the Rule 43s – these are all drafted and handled by your Attorneys. The prospects of you ‘winning your case’ therefore, rest on the expertise of your Attorneys. You need to choose carefully an expert - one who isn’t flooded with cases and who can give your matter the attention and time it deserves.

You will have heard that it’s immaterial whether or not you are the Plaintiff or the Defendant. This is only true when you have a top Specialist Divorce Attorney on record for you. There are more than a few grains of truth in the belief that the spouse who files for divorce first has the advantage because the Plaintiff has the psychological edge over the Defendant.

Again however, immediately securing the services of a competent Specialist Divorce Attorney is much more critical to the outcome of your divorce. Without the best Divorce Attorney you can afford, your ‘file first emotional power’ could be a drawback: after all, you get what you pay for. In Divorce and Child Primary Residence (Custody) cases, we have a competitive system whereby Divorce Attorneys aggressively represent their Clients in order to obtain for them the best deal possible.

Clearly the clever thing to do right at the outset is to establish a dialogue with your spouse and try to settle as many matters as you can. Alas, all too often, this is easier said than done. The reality is that most spouses perceive divorce as war and there are very few pleasantries about it.

All too soon you become your spouse’s enemy and are also perceived as such by the spouse’s family and friends. Lines of demarcation are drawn, emotions run high, bitterness and hysteria are prevalent and logic brings up the rear. In such an acrimonious situation it is almost impossible to be objective and without the calm and strategic guidance of a Specialist Divorce Attorney you could find yourself in serious trouble.

Few divorcees walk away with smiles on their faces having been awarded everything they asked for and more. It is a win/lose situation and getting the case wrapped up as equitably, speedily and tidily as possible is key for Specialist Divorce Attorneys. Who better than they to know that Divorce and Child Primary Residence proceedings are some of the most stressful and agonising times in any person’s life.

Martin Vermaak Attorneys employs an holistic approach to Divorce. We specialise in Divorce and Family Law matters and perceive every Client and their case to be especially different from any of the others. We believe that each case requires its own unique style of production and we therefore retain networking contact with other professionals to ensure that each Client has their own team of experts to assist them with their particular needs. For example, Advocates, Clinical Psychologists, Educational Psychologists, Forensic Psychologists, Forensic Auditors, Estate Appraisers and Evaluators, and Private Investigators are some of the people we deal with on a regular basis but other experts and authorities are also called upon for assistance as and when required by the case in hand.