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Title: | Consequences of the Dissolution of Customary Marriages |
Authors: | Vorster, L.P. Dlamini-Ndwandwe, N. Molapo, M.J. |
Year: | 2001 |
Periodical: | South African Journal of Ethnology |
Volume: | 24 |
Issue: | 2 |
Pages: | 62-66 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | South Africa |
Subjects: | customary law divorce Women's Issues Peoples of Africa (Ethnic Groups) Law, Human Rights and Violence Cultural Roles Marital Relations and Nuptiality Law, Legal Issues, and Human Rights |
Abstract: | After the commencement on 15 November 2000 of the Recognition of Customary Marriages Act, 120 of 1998, dissolution of a customary marriage in South Africa is possible only by a decree of court on the ground of the irretrievable breakdown of such marriage. This article examines the consequences of the dissolution of a customary marriage for the spouses and their children (questions about custody and maintenance), and the consequences in respect of matrimonial property (the division of the marital estate). Bibliogr., sum. in Afrikaans and English. |