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Why estate disputes can ruin a well-laid estate plan

29 August 2025,  André van NiekerkAnnelize van der Bank

Disputed claims can derail an estate plan; discover how to plan ahead and safeguard your legacy.

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When a spouse hides assets away in a trust…

15 January 2024

In a divorce, it may transpire that one spouse has during the marriage transferred assets to a trust. This raises... the question of whether such trust assets are excluded from the calculation of accrual where the parties are married out of community with the accrual system. In this article, we take a look at what has been termed ‘alter ego’ trusts and how our courts treat these when it comes to divorce proceedings.

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The huge implications new court ruling has for marriage and divorce in South Africa

17 May 2022

A new High Court judgment has far-reaching implications for parties getting divorced and married out of community of property in... South Africa. The effect will be that all parties married out of community of property without inclusion of the accrual system will be able to ask a court for an order for the redistribution of assets, if the necessary requirements are met, regardless of when the marriage was entered into.

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Are shares excluded from my estate’s accrual?

16 October 2019

I’m married out of community with the accrual system. I specifically excluded my share portfolio from my accrual in the... antenuptial contract when we got married. Recently when reviewing my estate planning the question came up whether new shares that I acquired after we got married was also excluded for purposes of an accrual calculation. What is the position here?

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