maintenance of surviving spouse
While a cohabitation agreement is designed to set out the financial consequences should the relationship break-up, it should also deal with other eventualities such as the death of a partner, disability or illness, unemployment, job relocation, and inheritance, to name
A civil marriage in terms of the Marriage Act of 1961 can only be entered into between a man and a woman and is the most common form of marriage in South Africa. When entering into a civil marriage, in
If the primary residence is owned by the first-dying spouse, the surviving spouse may find herself without accommodation if the deceased bequeaths the property to a third party. Joint financial planning is very difficult where a couple is married without
In a marriage that excludes the accrual system, a spouse who chooses to stay at home to raise children is at an economic disadvantage because she does not have the same opportunity to create wealth as her income-generation spouse does.
From 1 March last year, provident funds are subject to the same rules at retirement as pension funds and retirement annuities, except whereas a provident fund member you were age 55 or older at that date and you remain a
Where a couple is married in accordance with the Recognition of Customary Marriages Act, they are automatically considered to be married in community of property. If they wish to be married out of community of property, they are required to
If you have minor children, the other parent will be the legal guardian to your children in the event of your death. However, in the case of simultaneous death or where the other parent is no longer alive, the state
