Professional Services
Divorce Mediation
Who would you rather have decide what happens with your children and assets after a divorce? You, during mediation.. or attorneys and judges during a protracted and expensive court divorce?
Divorce mediation is about you and your spouse deciding your own divorce and what is best for the both of you and most importantly, if you have any, your children. In mediation, you and your spouse meet with a neutral third party, the mediator, and with their help you work through the issues you need to resolve so that the two of you can end your marriage as amicably and cost effective as possible.
In mediation, the couple, with the help of the mediator, works out agreements on issues such as distribution of property; child custody; parenting time; child support; maintenance etc. Sometimes agreements come easy, sometimes they take time and a lot of work. When agreements are hard to reach the mediator intervenes, it is their job to keep the lines of communication open and assist the couple in their decision making process.
Emotions and outside factors can also cause divorcing couples to lose sight of the issues at hand, mediators help keep the couple focused on the end result.
Divorce
Divorce is not easy. In fact, it can be one of the most emotionally draining experiences you’ll ever go through and should be regarded as a last resort. Besides accepting the idea that your marriage is over, you have to worry about mountains of other divorce-related concerns like child support, custody and division of property.
If divorce becomes inevitable Van Heerden Law will be able to offer you calm, unbiased advice on your situation. With our extensive experience in handling divorce cases we will be able to act with consideration for everyone who might be affected by your divorce, including children, friends and extended family members.
Litigation
Whether directly, or in consultation with one of our specialist associates, Van Heerden Attorneys is able to operate efficiently and effectively within most fields of litigation, including:
- motor vehicle accident and personal injury claims,
- commercial litigation,
- insurance law litigation,
- liquidations and consequences of insolvency,
- constitutional and administrative law litigation,
- general enforcement of contractual rights and delictual remedies.
Collections
Van Heerden Attorneys employs a highly efficient collections department dealing with both volume consumer collections and high-value commercial collections, in both the Magistrates Court and the High Court.
Drawing inspiration from the wild when dealing with absconders, the collections team combine the tenacious nature of the Honey Badger with the tracking skills of the San Bushman in order to locate absconders and recover clients debt as cost-effectively and efficiently as possible.