Divorcee fights for P1m from ex-husband

The two were married in community of property in 2000 and divorced in 2006. When they were in voluntary judicial separation prior to their divorce, they were sent for an assets inventory. It is during this time that the wife, together with her lawyer, Isaac Lesetedi [who is now a judge of the Court of Appeal] discovered that her ex-husband owns a company with a fleet of six cars and P1.1 million which he never disclosed to his wife. The monies were held in a trust account with Helfer & Co.

Thebe’s lawyer Morupi Mbehe argued that his client was not obliged to disclose these assets to his ex-wife as he had accumulated them during their separation.