Prenuptial agreement south africa pdfAntenuptial Agreement • June 10th, 2021
Contract Type FiledJune 10th, 2021An Antenuptial contract is an agreement entered into between two parties prior to their marriage and is often referred to as a “prenuptial”. Upon entering into the agreement, the parties agree to exclude the system of Community of Property from their marriage. There are two forms of Antenuptial contracts, those including Accrual and those excluding Accrual. If you do not enter into a valid notarized Antenuptial contract prior to your marriage, you are automatically married in Community of Property. The Antenuptial contract may also include a variety of terms and conditions, usually relating to the division of assets in the event of death or divorce. During the marriage each spouse will retain his or her separate property and would have complete freedom to deal with that property as he or she chooses. This would not be the case if the parties were married without an Antenuptial contract, and as such, be married in Community of Property. There is substantial protection in our law for spo