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Although cheating will not automatically result in one spouse getting a better divorce settlement than the other, it can certainly be factored into negotiating the division of marital assets.
Previously, Courts in South Africa enabled a spouse to sue a third person for dissolving their marriage. However, the Supreme Court of Appeal repealed this law in 2014, identifying it as old-fashioned and based on patriarchal beliefs.
Alienation of affection or enticement, which means paying attention to a married person with the intention of drawing that person away from his/her marriage.
South African law does not specifically provide for a Legal Separation for married couples. In the eyes of the Law, a couple is either married or divorced. There is no in-between status that defines their union. Save of course if they have never married and are just Living Together.
Extra-marital affairs (adultery) or other matrimonial offences may lead to an irretrievable breakdown when one or both of the parties find it impossible to continue a normal marriage relationship as a result thereof, but it is not in itself a stand-alone ground for divorce in South Africa as the fault principle no ...