May 26, 2025
A deed of distribution and a deed of succession can be, and typically are, one and the same document. Both can be recorded in the same document. First, the document records the partition and then the document continues with the distribution of the estate. The signed document is...
May 14, 2025
Entering into marriage or a registered partnership has important property consequences. The main concept determining the economic status of the spouses is matrimonial property law, the importance of which becomes clear when the marriage ends. The marriage ends either...
Apr 21, 2025
A mutual will is a will made by two people together for the benefit of each other. A mutual will secures the rights of the other testator in the future distribution of the estate. A mutual will can also be used in certain circumstances to...
Apr 6, 2025
Marriages always end either in divorce or in the death of the spouse. Many people fail to make a division, i.e. to draw up official papers stating what part of the property belongs to each spouse. This division agreement should always be drawn up, even if the parties agree to divide the property. What is...
Dec 8, 2024
What does division of property in a divorce mean? Division of property is a process where the assets of the spouses are divided. The need for asset division can arise either from a divorce or the death of one of the spouses. The division of property can take place...
Dec 8, 2024
Partition is a settlement in which the property of the spouses is divided. The need to divide property can be triggered either by divorce or the death of one spouse. The division can be made immediately after the divorce case has been brought before the district court. A partition...
