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
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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
[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?
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[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
[4] The engagement 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…
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