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PVL2601 Assignment 2 (COMPLETE
ANSWERS) Semester 1 2025 - DUE April
2025; 100% correct solutions and
explanations.
MULTIPLE CHOICE,ASSURED EXCELLENCE
Question 1
Mr and Mrs Mkhize have been the parties to a civil
marriage since 15 June 1977. The spouses never made
a declaration before a magistrate, commissioner or
marriage officer on the matrimonial property system that
would operate in their marriage. In January 2025, Mr
Mkhize informed Mrs Mkhize that he was no longer
happy in their marriage, and he proposed that it be
ended. In the divorce summons, he indicated that all the
matrimonial property belongs to him alone because he
owned some of the property when the spouses married
and bought the rest of the property during the
subsistence of the marriage.
Answer the following questions:
(a) List the main variations of marriage out of community
of property that occur in South Africa.
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(3)
(b) Is Mr Mkhize correct that all the matrimonial property
belong to him alone? Answer ‘Yes’ or ‘No’, and
explain your answer with reference to authority.
(7)
[10]
Question 2
Mr and Mrs Deli entered into a civil marriage in
community of property in 1983. Three children were
born of the marriage: two sons, Irvin and Shaun, and a
daughter, Camila. Mr Deli died in a car accident five
months ago. At the time of Mr Deli’s death, Mr and Mrs
Deli’s joint estate had a value of R1 million. Mr Deli died
testate. His will reads as follows:
‘I leave 30% of my estate to my wife. 50% of my
estate is to be shared equally among the children
born of my marriage. I leave the remaining 20% of
my estate to Ms Betty, my lover.’
No further provision has been made for Mrs Deli in Mr
Deli’s will. Mrs Deli is 50 years old and has been a
, lOMoARcPSD|51776212
PVL2601 Assignment 2 (COMPLETE
ANSWERS) Semester 1 2025 - DUE April
2025; 100% correct solutions and
explanations.
MULTIPLE CHOICE,ASSURED EXCELLENCE
Question 1
Mr and Mrs Mkhize have been the parties to a civil
marriage since 15 June 1977. The spouses never made
a declaration before a magistrate, commissioner or
marriage officer on the matrimonial property system that
would operate in their marriage. In January 2025, Mr
Mkhize informed Mrs Mkhize that he was no longer
happy in their marriage, and he proposed that it be
ended. In the divorce summons, he indicated that all the
matrimonial property belongs to him alone because he
owned some of the property when the spouses married
and bought the rest of the property during the
subsistence of the marriage.
Answer the following questions:
(a) List the main variations of marriage out of community
of property that occur in South Africa.
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(3)
(b) Is Mr Mkhize correct that all the matrimonial property
belong to him alone? Answer ‘Yes’ or ‘No’, and
explain your answer with reference to authority.
(7)
[10]
Question 2
Mr and Mrs Deli entered into a civil marriage in
community of property in 1983. Three children were
born of the marriage: two sons, Irvin and Shaun, and a
daughter, Camila. Mr Deli died in a car accident five
months ago. At the time of Mr Deli’s death, Mr and Mrs
Deli’s joint estate had a value of R1 million. Mr Deli died
testate. His will reads as follows:
‘I leave 30% of my estate to my wife. 50% of my
estate is to be shared equally among the children
born of my marriage. I leave the remaining 20% of
my estate to Ms Betty, my lover.’
No further provision has been made for Mrs Deli in Mr
Deli’s will. Mrs Deli is 50 years old and has been a
