{"id":49443,"date":"2022-02-10T11:01:32","date_gmt":"2022-02-10T09:01:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/kougaexpress\/marriage-types-and-marital-regimes-20220209-2\/"},"modified":"2022-02-10T11:01:32","modified_gmt":"2022-02-10T09:01:32","slug":"marriage-types-and-marital-regimes-20220209-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/kougaexpress\/marriage-types-and-marital-regimes-20220209-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Marriage types and marital regimes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Before you choose a specific marital regime to govern your marriage, it is important to understand which marital regimes exist and more specifically the advantages and disadvantages of each.<\/p>\n<p>On choosing a marital regime, you are basically deciding on how assets need to be distributed when the marriage dissolves. A marriage dissolves in one of two ways: either by death or by decree of divorce.<\/p>\n<p>The tree different marriage types recognised by South African law are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Civil marriages<\/li>\n<li>Civil unions\/partnerships<\/li>\n<li>Customary marriages<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Civil Marriages<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This is the most common type of marriage in South Africa. <\/p>\n<p>Parties have a choice of three different marital regimes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Marriage in community of property<\/li>\n<li>Marriage out of community of property \u2013 subject to the accrual system<\/li>\n<li>Marriage out of community of property \u2013 excluding the accrual system.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Accrual System<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>All marriages out of community of property require that an antenuptial contract be concluded and registered. <\/p>\n<p>If no such antenuptial agreement was registered, then the marriage would automatically be considered to be in community of property.<\/p>\n<p>Only heterosexual couples can enter into a civil marriage. Since 2006, same gender couples can enter into a civil union (or a civil partnership).<\/p>\n<p>The Civil Union Act of 2006 allows two people to form a civil union\/partnership. Civil unions are not limited to same-sex couples. Any couple can enter into a civil union. <\/p>\n<p>This marital regime enjoys the same rights, responsibilities and legal consequences as the above listed civil marriages and as such if no antenuptial agreement was entered into, it will automatically be regarded as being in community of property.<\/p>\n<p>The third type of marriage is customary marriages and is governed by customary law. <\/p>\n<p>A customary marriage can only be concluded in accordance with customary law. 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