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QUESTIONS<br />

NB: Make sure that you can answer <strong>the</strong>se questions properly. They<br />

are designed <strong>to</strong> test your knowledge of <strong>the</strong> <strong>study</strong> material in<br />

this <strong>study</strong> unit.<br />

. Universal community of property as <strong>the</strong> primary matrimonial<br />

property system<br />

(1) State all <strong>the</strong> circumstances in which <strong>the</strong> presumption that all<br />

marriages are in community of property, may be rebutted.<br />

. The nature of universal community of property<br />

(2) Discuss <strong>the</strong> nature of universal community of property.<br />

. The content of universal community of property<br />

(3) List <strong>the</strong> assets which do not form part of <strong>the</strong> joint estate.<br />

(4) Can <strong>the</strong> separate assets of a spouse married in community of<br />

property be used <strong>to</strong> pay <strong>the</strong> claims of <strong>the</strong> credi<strong>to</strong>rs of <strong>the</strong> joint<br />

estate? Fully discuss with reference <strong>to</strong> authority.<br />

(5) Can <strong>the</strong> separate assets of a spouse married in community of<br />

property be used <strong>to</strong> pay <strong>the</strong> claims of <strong>the</strong> credi<strong>to</strong>rs of <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r<br />

spouse's separate or private debts?<br />

(6) Do all antenuptial debts become joint debts in marriages entered<br />

in<strong>to</strong> in community of property?<br />

(7) Explain <strong>the</strong> method a credi<strong>to</strong>r must use <strong>to</strong> recover damages for a<br />

delict committed against him or her by a spouse married in<br />

community of property.<br />

(8) May one spouse married in community of property hold <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r<br />

spouse liable in delict in respect of bodily injuries caused ei<strong>the</strong>r<br />

wholly or partially by <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r spouse?<br />

(9) From whom must a contractual debt, which was entered in<strong>to</strong> prior<br />

<strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> conclusion of a marriage in community of property, but<br />

which has not yet been paid at <strong>the</strong> time of <strong>the</strong> dissolution of <strong>the</strong><br />

marriage, be recovered?<br />

(10) If a marriage in community of property is dissolved by divorce<br />

withoutadebtincurredby<strong>the</strong>wifehavingbeenfullypaid,may<br />

<strong>the</strong> full amount of <strong>the</strong> debt be claimed from <strong>the</strong> wife without her<br />

ex-husband first being excussed? Discuss.<br />

(11) From whom must delictual debts which have not been settled<br />

after a marriage in community of property has been dissolved, be<br />

claimed?<br />

PLEASE NOTE: YOU SHOULD ALSO BE ABLE TO ANSWER<br />

PROBLEM-TYPE QUESTIONS ON THE CONTENT OF THIS<br />

STUDY UNIT.<br />

Below follows an example of a problem-type question:<br />

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