Antenuptial Agreements

ANTENUPTIAL AGREEMENTS

It is essential that if you are intending to get married and want to have an Antenuptial Contract of any sort in place, you need to present to your Marriage Officer, a Lawyer’s letter stating that such an agreement exists, 30 days PRIOR TO THE DATE OF YOUR MARRIAGE.

Invariably, time and again, couples get so caught up in the glitz and glamour, and the rush of the event, that they forget this very important part of their marriage agreement.

Failing to acquire the necessary agreement and a letter from the lawyer will have huge financial implications. Here is a quote from our legal expert Debra Segrott, who has a Bachelor’s Degree in Family Law, and has been practising for years:

“Obviously, one can make application for the variation of the marital system from ‘in community’ to ‘out of community’ – just quite an expensive application because it is to the High Court and requires notice to be given to creditors, notices in the papers etc. I would doubt it would be less than R10 000”.

It is no good approaching your Minister ‘after’ the marriage has been registered, and presenting him with a lawyer’s letter that an antenuptial contract exists. There is nothing he can do ‘after the event’.

Couples should make this their No.1 priority.

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