How do I change my marital status in South Africa?
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How do I change my marital status in South Africa?
In order to change your marital property system, both you and your spouse have to apply to the High Court on notice of the Registrar of Deeds and all known creditors, to be granted leave to sign a Notarial Contract, which will regulate your new marital property system.
Can you change your marital regime?
Although by law you are not allowed execute an antenuptial contract after marriage, the good news is that it is possible to change your matrimonial property regime from in community of property to out of community of property by registration of a Postnuptial Contract by virtue of s 21(1) of the Matrimonial Property Act …
What does it mean to be married out of community of property with accrual?
Marriage out of community of property with accrual means that both spouses have separate estates when they get married and don’t share profits or losses for the duration of the marriage.
Can I change name in marriage certificate?
The first step involves in creating an affidavit stating your details and your wish to change your name now that you are married. The affidavit will also require details like your maiden name, proposed new name, husband’s name, your address and sometimes a copy of your marriage certificate.
Why does the wife take the husband’s name?
This change in women’s identity, by taking a husband’s name, has emerged from patriarchal history where wives had no surname except “wife of X”. The wife was the husband’s possession and right up to the late 19th-century, women in England ceded all property and parental rights to husbands on marriage.
