Asked by Anonymous on 19-04-2021 16:40:37
Question posted in the Divorce Law category relating to Gauteng
Good day
My name is Adrillent Chiloane currently residing in Tembisa. i was married under customery marriage for 4 years and we seperated in 2017 arroud November. The marriage was not registered but i have all the document proving the marriage had existed.
when we seperated there was no agreement latter or anything to proove that we are indeed seperating, now i am in a relationship and i want to get married, so i want to know that the person i was married to wont come and claim anything im gonna accumulate with my partner, and if so how do i get to devorce customery marriage that was not registered becouse from what i have discovered in my research a customery does exist even if was not registered.
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