{"id":10060,"date":"2020-04-07T12:25:34","date_gmt":"2020-04-07T10:25:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stbb.co.za\/dev2\/?p=10060"},"modified":"2020-05-15T00:16:49","modified_gmt":"2020-05-14T22:16:49","slug":"thought-of-the-week-my-share-your-share-transfer-of-property-on-divorce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stbb.co.za\/dev2\/thought-of-the-week-my-share-your-share-transfer-of-property-on-divorce\/","title":{"rendered":"Thought of the week | My share, your share: Transfer of property on divorce"},"content":{"rendered":"

Joint ownership in immovable property is usually awarded to one owner upon the death of a joint owner, or if an agreement exists between parties to sell or donate shares, or on divorce.\u00a0 In this post we discuss two issues relating to property transfer on divorce:<\/span><\/p>\n

1.\u00a0 Does a divorce order, together with a settlement agreement whereby the one spouse acquires the other spouse\u2019s share in their joint property have the effect of transferring the property?<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

2.\u00a0 What process should be followed?<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

It is important to understand the nature of our land registration system. Its primary goal is to give public notice of ownership of and real rights in land \u2013 also upon divorce.\u00a0 In this regard, the Deeds Registries Act attempts to regulate the administrative aspects of the registration of land in a clear and practical way, while simultaneously providing substantial protection to landowners.<\/span><\/p>\n

1.\u00a0 Does a divorce order, together with a settlement agreement whereby the one spouse acquires the other spouse\u2019s share in their joint property have the effect of transferring the property?<\/b><\/p>\n

No. Apart from minor exceptions, immovable property can only be transferred from one person to another by virtue of registration of the transfer in the deeds office. The dissolution of a marriage after divorce does not automatically bring about the transfer of ownership of the property. It merely allows for the recipient spouse a claim to the transfer of the share of the previous spouse.<\/span><\/p>\n

2.\u00a0 What process should be followed?<\/b><\/p>\n

In order for the property to vest wholly in the recipient spouse, and depending on whether the marriage was in or out of community of property, a specific process must be followed to effect registration of the arrangement regarding the ownership of the property in the deeds office. Upon registration, the Registrar will endorse the title deed to show that the previous spouse no longer holds an interest in the property and that the former\u2019s rights to the property now vests with the recipient spouse, as though that spouse had taken formal transfer of the property from the previous spouse.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Joint ownership in immovable property is usually awarded to one owner upon the death of a joint owner, or if an agreement exists between parties to sell or donate shares, or on divorce.\u00a0 In this post we discuss two issues<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":192,"featured_media":7283,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[110],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10060","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-thought-of-the-week"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nThought of the week | My share, your share: Transfer of property on divorce - STBB<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/stbb.co.za\/dev2\/thought-of-the-week-my-share-your-share-transfer-of-property-on-divorce\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Olwethu Ndungane-Gonya\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stbb.co.za\\\/dev2\\\/thought-of-the-week-my-share-your-share-transfer-of-property-on-divorce\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stbb.co.za\\\/dev2\\\/thought-of-the-week-my-share-your-share-transfer-of-property-on-divorce\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Olwethu Ndungane-Gonya\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stbb.co.za\\\/dev2\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/73dd2b096ea7ae34cd56434eaa257b75\"},\"headline\":\"Thought of the week | My share, your share: Transfer of property on divorce\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-04-07T10:25:34+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-05-14T22:16:49+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stbb.co.za\\\/dev2\\\/thought-of-the-week-my-share-your-share-transfer-of-property-on-divorce\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":357,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stbb.co.za\\\/dev2\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stbb.co.za\\\/dev2\\\/thought-of-the-week-my-share-your-share-transfer-of-property-on-divorce\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stbb.co.za\\\/dev2\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/01\\\/HeaderBelindasForumWithoutOverlay.png\",\"articleSection\":[\"Thought Of The Week\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-ZA\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/stbb.co.za\\\/dev2\\\/thought-of-the-week-my-share-your-share-transfer-of-property-on-divorce\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stbb.co.za\\\/dev2\\\/thought-of-the-week-my-share-your-share-transfer-of-property-on-divorce\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stbb.co.za\\\/dev2\\\/thought-of-the-week-my-share-your-share-transfer-of-property-on-divorce\\\/\",\"name\":\"Thought of the week | My share, your share: Transfer of property on divorce - 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