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About Bertus Preller

Bertus Preller is the author of Everyone's Guide to Divorce and Separation, published by Random House. He was voted Family Lawyer of the year in South Africa by the ACQ5 Finance magazine in 2015. He is an experienced Mediator, Family and Divorce Law Attorney in Cape Town.  He is a member of the International Bar Association and serves on the Family Law Committee and the African Regional Forum of the Association. Bertus is also a member of reunite International Child Abduction Centre, recognised as the leading UK charity specialising in international parental child abduction and the movement of children across international borders and IACP the International Academy of Collaborative Professionals, an international community of legal, mental health and financial professionals working in concert to create client-centred processes for resolving conflict.

Bertus studied at the University of the Free State and the University of Johannesburg and was admitted as an attorney in 1989. He has more than 25 years of experience in law and  became a Mediator and Arbitrator during 1996 when he was appointed as a Part-time Commissioner at the CCMA and he also acted as an Appeal's authority for the South African Police services. He specializes in Family Law and Divorce Law and attends to divorce and family law cases across South Africa. 

He has also 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, Woman and Home, Women's Health, You, Huisgenoot and Fairlady and also appeared on the SABC television show, 3 Talk, Morning Live and on the 5FM Breakfast show with Gareth Cliff. His clients include artists, celebrities, sports people and high net worth individuals. In 2006 Bertus launched South Africa's first on-line internet DIY Divorce platform eDivorce.

His areas of expertise are Divorce Law, Family Law, Divorce Mediation, Parenting Plans, Parental Responsibilities and Rights, Custody (care and contact) of children, same sex marriages, unmarried fathers rights, child abduction and Hague Convention cases and domestic violence matters and international divorce law.

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