Getting married?

If you're getting married, there are a few things to consider, apart from the commitment you are making to your partner.

For the legal part of the ceremony your minister will handle the formalities if you are getting married in Church. It is also possible to get married, or for a civil union to be registered in terms of the Civil Union Act, at the Department of Home Affairs.

Here's a handly link to the Home Affairs guide and contact details.

If you make no other arrangements for the legal type of marriage or union/civil partnership before you get married, you will automatically be joined in community of property. There's an explanation of the differences between getting married in community of property, or out of community of property on our website, if you click on this link here.

One of the main reasons to get joined out of community of property is to ensure that any debts of your partner are not settled out of your assets. This could happen for a number of reasons, especially if one of you is in business. You get married out of community of property by registering an Ante-Nuptial Contract, which must be done before your marriage. Both Mark and Dave at Mc Naught and Company are Notaries Public, which enables them to execute and register Ante-Nuptial Contracts. The information and authority form can be downloaded off our Skydrive here, or you can come in to our offices and arrange it. Allow one or two days before your marriage to organise this.

You can also verify your present recorded status (single, married, divorced etc) by clicking on this link here.

Index of useful Stuff

Access to Information- In terms of the Promotion of Access to Information Act, you are entitled to obtain information regarding your business dealings with us. Follow the link here to our information brochure and manual download where the procedure to obtain this information is explained.

Authentication of documents - if documents are to be signed outside South Africa for use within a Deeds Office or other official capacity here, the signature of the document/s needs to be "authenticated". This process is explained if you click on the link here then scroll down to the story appearing below it.

Conveyancing Steps- once a sale agreement has been signed, what are the next steps to obtain registration in the buyer's name and payment to the seller. Click on this link to view or download the Conveyancing Steps checklist.

Divorce/Parenting Agreements- The most cost effective way to get divorced, is to reach agreement on the way your property will be divided and to reach agreement on the custody and maintenance of your children. Here you can download sample agreements or if you have reached agreement, we can help you complete these documents and reduce the costs of getting divorced.

Marriage/ANC Contracts- the document you need to sign to give us the required information to register an Antenuptial/ANC or Civil Union contract can be downloaded off our Skydrive - just click on the link and select the ANC contract, either with, or without the Accrual System. If you would like to know more about the different ways to get married, rather follow this link to our website to read more about it or contact our offices for a consultation.

Mortgage bond HELP- Needing help getting a bank loan/mortgage bond to finance your property purchase? Click the link here to find our handy guide.


Sale Agreements- if you want to download a private property sale agreement, click on the link and chose the PRIVATEW.SAL document off our Skydrive which can be downloaded and printed out free of charge.

Will- a free will can be downloaded off our Skydrive - just click on the link and select the will.

Click on any clickable title or red word to go to the required link.