In Zimbabwe the Matrimonial Causes Act (Chapter 5:13) provides for what is called judicial separation. Judicial separation is when a court issues an order directing the husband and wife to live separately without necessarily dissolving the marriage. In other jurisdictions like South Africa the court’s power to order judicial separation has been abolished. While it […]
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In Zimbabwe the Matrimonial Causes Act (Chapter 5:13) provides for what is called judicial separation. Judicial separation is when a court issues an order directing the husband and wife to live separately without necessarily dissolving the marriage. In other jurisdictions like South Africa the court’s power to order judicial separation has been abolished. While it
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In a number of cases people are married customarily and their marriages are not registered hence the reference to unregistered customary union. Different legal principles apply to the sharing of property upon dissolution of an unregistered customary union. Thus, the Matrimonial Causes Act which applies to the division of property on termination of a marriage
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According to the Married Persons Property Act (Chapter 5:12) people who marry in Zimbabwe are married out of community of property. The only exception is where the parties prior to the solemnisation of their marriage agree through an instrument in writing (antenuptial contract) that their marriage will be exempt from this legal regime. The Act
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Married people have a reciprocal duty of support in proportion to their earnings or means. Traditionally it is the husband who is the main breadwinner and has the duty to maintain the wife. As stated above however, both spouses have a duty of support according to their means. The duty of support is a legal
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Married people have a reciprocal duty of support in proportion to their earnings or means. Traditionally it is the husband who is the main breadwinner and has the duty to maintain the wife. As stated above however, both spouses have a duty of support according to their means. The duty of support is a legal
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Married people have a reciprocal duty of support in proportion to their earnings or means. Traditionally it is the husband who is the main breadwinner and has the duty to maintain the wife. As stated above however, both spouses have a duty of support according to their means. The duty of support is a legal
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The division of the assets of the parties upon divorce is governed by the Matrimonial Causes Act (Chapter 5:13) (the Act), in particular section 7. The Act does not apply to those who are in an unregistered customary union. This does not mean that those in an unregistered customary union are left without a remedy;
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