The Pretoria High Court has had its first gay divorce.
Kenneth Henning-Hattingh, 28, of Wonderboom South, and Jaco Johan Henning-Hattingh, 29, of Nieuw Muckleneuk, got divorced last Friday.
They were married for two months and two weeks.
The couple were married on January 2 this year in Brooklyn, a month after the new Civil Union Act - which provides for same-sex marriages - was signed into law.
Kenneth, a social worker, instituted the proceedings.
It is stated in papers before court that the marriage between the two had broken down and that there were no chances of reconciliation.
The reasons given for this were a disparity in interests. This, it was stated, made them incompatible as life partners. Kenneth stated that he did not see his way open to stay married.
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The break-up was amicable and they reached a settlement agreement, which was made an order of court by Judge Chris Botha.
In terms of the agreement both agreed that the marriage was over and that a divorce was the only option.
They agreed that neither would demand any maintenance payment and Kenneth undertook to pay the legal costs.
Each party will retain the movable property such as furniture, cars and appliances which are in their possession at the moment and as earlier shared among them.
Kenneth's lawyer, Werner Bruyns, said his client wanted to keep the whole issue low-key.
"He does not want to make a fanfare of this and hang it out in the public domain," Bruyns said.
"The long and short of the story is that the marriage did not work out."
- This article was originally published on page 3 of Pretoria News on March 23, 2007
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