Family Law
Family matters often involve deeply personal challenges. We provide clear, compassionate, and strategic legal support to help clients navigate sensitive issues such as divorce, child custody, maintenance, and protection from domestic violence. Our goal is to safeguard your rights and ensure solutions that protect the well-being of your family.
Key Legal Framework in Mauritius:
- • Protection from Domestic Violence Act 1997 (PDVA) – protects spouses and individuals living under the same roof, providing remedies through protection, occupation, and tenancy orders.
- • Children’s Act 2020 – harmonises Mauritian law with international standards, including the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child. It introduced significant reforms such as:
- o A complete ban on corporal and humiliating punishment of children
- o Prohibition of child marriage
- o Establishment of a dedicated Children’s Court
- • Inheritance and Succession – governed by the Civil Code and succession laws, ensuring the protection of family property and rights of heirs.
Key Services:
- • Divorce, separation, and matrimonial disputes
- • Child custody, visitation, and maintenance
- • Protection from domestic violence and related orders
- • Inheritance, succession, and estate disputes
- • Legal representation in family and children’s court proceedings