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Marriage Contracts
07
Jul

How an Antenuptial Contract Protects Assets from Creditors

July 7, 2026,
Most people sign a marriage certificate without giving much thought to what happens if their spouse accumulates serious debt. The reality is that your choice of matrimonial property regime, made before the wedding or defaulted into by doing nothing, determines whether your partner’s creditors can one day come for assets you consider entirely your own....
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05
May

How Your Marriage Contract Affects Your Estate

May 5, 2026,
Most South Africans know that a marriage contract determines how assets are shared between spouses during the marriage. What fewer people realise is that your marriage contract also has profound implications for what happens to your estate when you die. Understanding the connection between your matrimonial property regime and your estate planning is not optional...
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20
Apr

Antenuptial vs Postnuptial Contracts: Comparison

April 20, 2026,
If you’re getting married in South Africa, your marriage will automatically fall under the “community of property” system unless you take legal steps to opt out. This means your assets and debts will be combined with your spouse’s. To avoid this, you can choose between an antenuptial contract (ANC), signed before marriage, or a postnuptial...
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Marriage Contracts
23
May

Marriage Contracts

May 23, 2021
You are getting married! This is such an exciting time in anyone’s life, and with your whole future to look forward to it’s hard to think that anything could ever go wrong. Discussing marriage contracts can be incredibly stressful, but if you are clear and upfront about things before you get married it makes things […]
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03
Nov

The Marriage Contract

November 3, 2020
The Wedding, The Marriage, The Marriage Contract. Your big day is arriving and everyone is in a panic. Have the flowers been ordered, will the dress be ready on time, oh my gosh we forgot to order a cake! Well, of course you didn’t really but the thing with a marriage is – everyone gets […]
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