PVL2601 - STUDY UNIT 7 - DISSOLUTION OF A CIVIL MARRIAGE - GENERAL, AND DISSOLUTION BY DEATH

PVL2601 - STUDY UNIT 7 - DISSOLUTION OF A CIVIL MARRIAGE - GENERAL, AND DISSOLUTION BY DEATH WAYS IN WHICH A MARRIAGE IS DISSOLVED - answer-A civil marriage can be dissolved in three ways: a. by the death of one or both of the spouses b. by the annulment of a voidable marriage c. by divorce. EXTRA-JUDICIAL SEPARATION - answer-Rests on an agreement between the spouses that they will live apart. Spouses may agree on the proprietary consequences which are to operate while they live apart, the payment of maintenance, occupation of the matrimonial home, parental responsibilities and rights in respect of their children and so for the. Agreement does not bind third parties. Operations only between spouses and binds the spouses only for as long as both of them uphold it. Despite separation agreement, either spouse may institute divorce proceedings, seek an order in connection with the parental responsibilities and rights in respect of their children or approach the court to amend the maintenance agreement they entered into. DISSOLUTION OF A CIVIL MARRIAGE BY DEATH - answer-Marriage in community of property: Death of either spouse terminates both the marriage and the community of property. DISADVANTAGES WHEN ONE OF THE SPOUSES DIES - answer-1. in order to meet creditors claims the executor is both entitled and obliged to liquidate some, or even all, of the assets of the joint estate...