Which Country’s Laws Governs Your Marital Regime?
Married Across Borders? The Rules Have Just Changed High Court declares 70-year-old marriage law unconstitutional and replaces it with a new test. For decades, South African law has quietly relied on an old and, frankly, outdated rule to decide which country’s law governs the finances of a marriage with an international element: the law of […]
ANTENUPTIAL CONTRACTS: WHAT HAPPENS IF A CONTRACT IS NOT REGISTERED?
In South African law, if you get married without having entered into an Antenuptial Contract before the wedding, you are automatically married IN COMMUNITY OF PROPERTY. That means that the assets and liabilities of both parties are combined in one estate, all eggs in one basket, with joint responsibility and decision-making. This is not a […]