'Justice cannot be for one side alone, but must be for both.' (Eleanor Roosevelt) Under the antenuptial contract alone, she would have had no claim on his estate. The court found otherwise. A woman who spent three decades running a home, raising her husband's children, supporting his career and making financial contributions to joint expenses received 40% of his estate. The parties were married out of community of property without the accrual system. The antenuptial contract

'A family name holds the music of generations - it’s the first inheritance we receive.' (Attributed to Irish poet-philosopher John O’Donohue) The Constitutional Court has just confirmed (with some significant adjustments) last year’s High Court ruling that both partners in a marriage have equal rights to choose their surname. Previously, a woman - and only a woman - could choose when marrying to take her spouse’s surname, or to retain her own surname, or to assume a double-ba

Choices you make now will affect both of you (and your families) forever.