1. Mike and Mary have been engaged for years Mary now
withdraws from the engagement because Mike refuses to
proceed with the marriage. Which one of the following
engagement gifts must be returned?
[1] The book that Mike
gave to Mary [2] The
book that Mary gave to
Mike
[3] The engagement ring that Mike gave to Mary – (page
10 of the textbook) [4] The engagement ring that Mary
gave to Mike
2. Affinity in the direct line exists between you and your
[1] grandparents
[2] stepdaughter – (page 28 of the textbook)
[3] parents
[4] adopted daughter
3. Which one of the following is not a ground on which a
voidable civil marriage can be annulled?
[1] Impotence
[2] stuprum
[3] sterility
[4] Mental illness – (page 34 of the textbook)
4. If both parties to a putative marriage were bona fide at the
time of entering into the putative marriage, and the marriage
was concluded without a antenuptial contract, the parties are
treated as having been married.
[1] Incommunity of property - (page 40 of the textbook)
[2] out of community of property with the accrual system
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[3] out of community of property without the accrual system
[4] out of community of property but in community of profit and
loss
5. The consequences of a civil marriage that can be regulated by
the spouses are generally referred to as….
[1] invariable consequences of marriage
[2] variable consequences of marriage – (page 41)
[3] consortium omnis vitae
[4] accrual
6. If the spouses are not divorced, but no longer share joint
household continuation of the duty of support is determined
by…
[1] The Divorce Act
[2] Unjustified enrichment
[3] Guilt of the spouses
[4] The Matrimonial Property Act – (page 46)
7. Mr and Mrs Jacobs are married in community of property.
Which one of the following assets do not form part of the
spouses’ joint estate?
[1] The house in which Mr and Mrs Jacobs are living which is
subject to a fideicommissum - (page 64)
[2] An amount of R10 000 which Mrs Jacobs received in terms
of the Friendly Societies Act 25 of 1956
[3] An amount of R100 000 which Mrs Jacobs inherited intestate
from her father
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[4] Theengagement ring which Mr Jacobs gave Mrs Jacobs
before their marriage
8. Mr and Mrs Mahlangu are married in community of property.
For which one of the following transactions does Mr
Mahlangu need Mrs Mahlangu prior written consent attested
by two competent witnesses?
[1] Mr Mahlangu wants to sell a coffee table, a cupboard and a
desk to a colleague because he urgently needs money
[2] Mr Mahlangu wants to register a servitude (a right of way)
over his and Mrs
Mahlangu’s farm in the name of Mnisi, the owner of adjacent
farm – (page 72)
[3] Mr Mahlangu wants to institute legal proceedings against Mr
Gumede, who owes an amount of money to Mrs Mahlangu
[4] Mr Mahlangu wants to apply to court for an interdict
forbidding their neighbour to carry on his trade as a
carpenter, which he practises until after 22:00 every evening
9. Mr Singh donated a valuable painting to Miss Naidoo without
his wife, Mrs Singh’s permission. Miss Naidoo knows that
Mr Singh is married in community of property. Such a
transaction is…
[1] valid in terms of section 15(9)(a) of Matrimonial Property
Act 88 of 1984
[2] void in terms of section 15(9)(a) of Matrimonial Property Act
88 of 1984
[3] voidable in terms of the decision in Bopape v Moloto
[4] void in terms of the decision in Bopape v Moloto – (page 77)
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