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More often than not, parties to a marriage do not give consideration to the marital regime that will be applicable to their marriage.

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More often than not, parties to a marriage do not give consideration to the marital regime that will be applicable to their marriage. Yet the consequences that may arise during the subsistence of the marriage as well as upon dissolution of the marriage is too significant to ignore. Parties are thus faced with consequences that they were not prepared for prior to the marriage. Registering an antenuptial contract is a fairly simple process and parties should not shy away from it for the fear of what it may hold. In this short article, we will unpack the consequences of failure to conclude an antenuptial contract as well as the benefits thereof.

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