2. Us About Based in the centre of Cape Town's legal district
Bertus Preller & Associates Inc., is one of South Africa's most
innovative specialist providers of family law solutions. We pride
ourselves in providing exceptional legal advice on a full range of
family law services and we offer a wealth of experience to ensure a
compassionate, straight forward no nonsense approach to Family Law.
As we understand that most couples would prefer to avoid the
adversarial Court process, we offer alternative dispute resolution
methods such as Collaborative Law and we promote the use of family
Mediation as a way of resolving conflict. If however court is
inevitable, we are equipped to take on the most complex and
difficult litigation adopting a problem solving approach
throughout. Our family law and divorce law attorneys all have
outstanding educational credentials and years of experience and
they are primarily focussed on Family Law and Divorce Law
issues.
3. Services Our Contested / Opposed Divorces. Uncontested /
Unopposed Divorces. International Divorces Cases and Expert
Opinions. Divorce Mediation and Collaborative Divorce. General
Family Law Matters. Parental Responsibilities and Rights. Custody
(care and contact) of Children. Same Sex Marriages - Gay and
Lesbian . Unmarried Fathers Rights and Access to Children. Domestic
Violence Matters and Protection Orders. International Child
Abduction (Hague Convention Applications). Care and Contact
disputes concerning Children. Child and Spousal Maintenance Law.
Antenuptial Contracts and Pre-nuptial Agreements. Surrogacy
Applications and Adoption Law. Cohabitation Agreements. Universal
Partnerships. Rule 43 Applications and Urgent Monetary Relief
Applications.
4. People Our Bertus Preller studied at the universities of the
Free State and Johannesburg. Bertus is also an experienced mediator
and arbitrator. He is the author of Everyone's Guide To Divorce and
Separation, published by Random House (2013). . He has been quoted
on Family Law issues in various newspapers such as the Sunday Times
and Business Times and magazines such as Noseweek, Keur, Living and
Loving, Longevity, You and Huisgenoot, and also appears frequently
on the SABC television show 3 Talk. He also appeared on the Morning
Live Show of SABC2, on RSG and the 5FM Breakfast Show with Gareth
Cliff. His speciality fields are: Contested / Opposed Divorces
Uncontested / Unopposed Divorces International Divorces Cases and
Expert Opinions Divorce Mediation and Collaborative Divorce General
Family Law Matters Parental Responsibilities and Rights Custody
(care and contact) of Children Same Sex Marriages - Gay and Lesbian
Unmarried Fathers Rights and Access to Children Domestic Violence
Matters and Protection Orders International Child Abduction (Hague
Convention Applications) Care and Contact disputes concerning
Children Child and Spousal Maintenance Law Antenuptial Contracts
and Pre-nuptial Agreements Surrogacy Applications and Adoption Law
Cohabitation Agreements Universal Partnerships Rule 43 Applications
and Urgent Monetary Relief Applications Mariska Taylor is a Senior
Associate and practises in the Family Law Department. Having
attended Stellenbosch University she obtained a Bachelor of Laws
degree in 2010. Mariska completed her articles at the law firm Van
Der Spuy and Partners in Cape Town. Mariska is regarded as a
specialist on unmarried fathers rights and maintenance law and have
dealt with numerous child maintenance and spousal maintenance cases
before the maintenance court. In addition Mariska also specialises
in divorce law, care and contact and parental responsibilities and
rights disputes. Her speciality fields are: Contested / Opposed
Divorces Uncontested / Unopposed Divorces International Divorces
Cases and Expert Opinions Divorce Mediation and Collaborative
Divorce General Family Law Matters Parental Responsibilities and
Rights Custody (care and contact) of Children Same Sex Marriages -
Gay and Lesbian Unmarried Fathers Rights and Access to Children
Domestic Violence Matters and Protection Orders International Child
Abduction (Hague Convention Applications) Care and Contact disputes
concerning Children Child and Spousal Maintenance Law Antenuptial
Contracts and Pre-nuptial Agreements Surrogacy Applications and
Adoption Law Cohabitation Agreements Universal Partnerships Rule 43
Applications and Urgent Monetary Relief Applications Family Law
Matters To Us
5. Y O U N G E S T C E O O F M A R X W O R L D W I D E Family
Law Matters To Us People Our Catherine studied at the University of
South Africa and obtained an LLB Law Degree and a Diploma of
Paralegal studies at the The South African School of Paralegal
Studies College. Her legal career started when she was appointed as
a Litigation Secretary at Van Der Spuy and Partners a law firm in
Cape Town. She later became a Candidate Attorney at Van Der Spuy
and was admitted as an Attorney in the High Court in 2015.
Catherine joined Bertus Preller & Associates Inc., 2015 as a
Junior Associate and specialises in wide range of Family Law
issues. Her speciality fields are: Contested / Opposed Divorces
Uncontested / Unopposed Divorces International Divorces Cases and
Expert Opinions Divorce Mediation and Collaborative Divorce General
Family Law Matters Parental Responsibilities and Rights Custody
(care and contact) of Children Same Sex Marriages - Gay and Lesbian
Unmarried Fathers Rights and Access to Children Domestic Violence
Matters and Protection Orders International Child Abduction (Hague
Convention Applications) Care and Contact disputes concerning
Children Child and Spousal Maintenance Law Antenuptial Contracts
and Pre-nuptial Agreements Surrogacy Applications and Adoption Law
Cohabitation Agreements Universal Partnerships Rule 43 Applications
and Urgent Monetary Relief Applications Liz Esterhuyse matriculated
at Vredendal High School in 2007 and obtained a Bachelor of Laws
(LLB) degree whilst representing over 26 000 students as a member
of the Student Representative Council of the University of
Stellenbosch. Having worked with minor children and in five
different countries, Liz joined the Family Law Department of
Abrahams and Gross Attorneys as a Candidate Attorney in 2014. When
Bertus Preller decided to establish his own niche Family Law
practice in the same year, Liz decided to join the firm as a
Candidate Attorney. Liz is also an avid Travel Writer and has her
own blog called the TravelLIZ. Uncontested / Unopposed Divorces
General Family Law Matters Parental Responsibilities and Rights
Custody (care and contact) of Children Same Sex Marriages - Gay and
Lesbian Unmarried Fathers Rights and Access to Children Domestic
Violence Matters and Protection Orders Care and Contact disputes
concerning Children Child and Spousal Maintenance Law Surrogacy
Applications and Adoption Law Cohabitation Agreements Rule 43
Applications and Urgent Monetary Relief Applications
6. Y O U N G E S T C E O O F M A R X W O R L D W I D E Family
Law Matters To Us People Our Mieke Van Der Merwe obtained a
Bachelor of Laws (LLB) and the internationally recognized
postgraduate Masters of Law degree (LLM) in Business Crimes,
Criminal Law and Medicina Forensis from the University of the Free
State. Mieke joined the Family Law Department of Abrahams and Gross
Attorneys as a Candidate Attorney in 2014. When Bertus Preller
decided to establish his own niche Family Law practice later that
year she decided to join the firm as a Candidate Attorney. Mieke
focusses on: Uncontested / Unopposed Divorces General Family Law
Matters Parental Responsibilities and Rights Custody (care and
contact) of Children Same Sex Marriages - Gay and Lesbian Unmarried
Fathers Rights and Access to Children Domestic Violence Matters and
Protection Orders Care and Contact disputes concerning Children
Child and Spousal Maintenance Law Surrogacy Applications and
Adoption Law Cohabitation Agreements Rule 43 Applications and
Urgent Monetary Relief Applications Janine Isaacs is an experienced
PA and Paralegal. Her fields of expertise include: Uncontested /
Unopposed Divorces General Family Law Matters Parental
Responsibilities and Rights Custody (care and contact) of Children
Unmarried Fathers Rights and Access to Children Domestic Violence
Matters and Protection Orders Care and Contact disputes concerning
Children Child and Spousal Maintenance Law Rule 43 Applications and
Urgent Monetary Relief Applications
7. Family Law Matters to us...... People Our Tarryn Breytenbach
is an experienced PA and Receptionist. Her fields of expertise
include: Uncontested / Unopposed Divorces General Family Law
Matters Contact details Our Bertus Preller & Associates Inc.
Reg. no.: 2014/241707/21 T: +27 21 422 2461 | +27 21 422 2573 F:
086 572 8373 [email protected] | www.preller.co.za Ground Level,
The Chambers 50 Keerom Street, Cape Town, 8000, South Africa