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Ante Nuptial Contracts, Notarial and Apostille Services Shaun Benater (Attorney & Notary Public) Ante Nuptial Contracts, Notarial and Apostille Services Shaun Benater (Attorney & Notary Public)

Getting Married? Consider the Accrual System

The accrual system determines that at dissolution of the marriage (through divorce or death), each party shares in the accrual (growth in assets) accumulated by the other as a fair mechanism to compensate both parties. Importantly, parties only share in the accrual or “net profit” of the other’s estate and not in any losses incurred.

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Notarial and Apostille Services Shaun Benater (Attorney & Notary Public) Notarial and Apostille Services Shaun Benater (Attorney & Notary Public)

Contracting Out of the Use of Electronic Signatures

If you want to make it absolutely clear that your company will only regard itself bound by a conventional signature, you must stipulate in your contract of employment (or any other contract) that 'signed' refers to a hand-written signature, excluding any signature appended by 'electronic communication' as defined in the Electronic Communications and Transactions Act, no. 25 of 2002.

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Notarial and Apostille Services Shaun Benater (Attorney & Notary Public) Notarial and Apostille Services Shaun Benater (Attorney & Notary Public)

Apostille (Hague) Legalisation - DIRCO & High Court

An Apostille certificate simply means that your document that originates in South Africa has been authenticated or legalised by The Legalisation Section at the Department of International relations and Cooperation (DIRCO), or the Registrar of the High Court of South Africa, thereby authenticating the origin of a public document. 

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