21/01/2019
In or out of community of property?
You have a right, as a couple threatening to tie the knot, to pause while sending out those fancy wedding invitation cards to friends and relatives, to discuss, Call and Consult your Lawyer, about which proprietary marital regime (in or out) will work for you.
What works for your mentor, or next door neighbour, or your best friend may not necessarily suit you and your partner. You need to understand that marriage is a life long legal contract during which, you and your partner will have fun, bear children if you like, acquire property, amass wealth, and or incur lots of debts and get each other into all sorts of financial woes and trouble, if you both are not too smart with finances.
For this reason, you cannot get into holy matrimony the same way you stroll into a small village bar, whence you can simply walk out if you don't like the smell of the brothers standing by the counter. You get in, you get out when God calls you; that is, if you meant everything you repeated after your Pastor.
You need to sit down with a Lawyer and receive counsel on what will work for your current lifestyle and your future aspirations as a couple.
If you are already knee deep into it, don't panic. You can make a u-turn provided that you and your spouse reach a consensus. Your Lawyer should sort you out, if you pay your fees on time.
Don't get into any Contract without sound legal advice.