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Effect of the sale of matrimonial property during the pendency of a suit for the dissolution of marriage

Equity is equality principle

5 subsidiary principles

Historical development of the law regarding the distribution of matrimonial property

Meaning of matrimonial assets

Preliminary issues to be determined in an action for the distribution of matrimonial property

Principles for distribution of matrimonial property upon dissolution of the marriage

The fundamental principle for the distribution of matrimonial property on the dissolution of a marriage

The position of the law on joint matrimonial property

The position of the law on the distribution of matrimonial property

The position of the law with regard to jointly acquired properties during a marriage

The principle for distribution of matrimonial property upon dissolution of the marriage under the Constitution 1992

What a party must prove to benefit from property acquired in marriage

What a party who alleges that a property was jointly acquired in the marriage must prove

What amounts to substantial contribution with regard to ownership of matrimonial property

What an appellant disputing the distribution of matrimonial property by the lower court must prove

When a party would be said to acquire a beneficial interest in matrimonial property

When matrimonial property will be said to be jointly acquired

Whether a husband and the wife can be held to be joint owners of a property

Whether a spouse can solely acquire property for himself or herself

Whether a spouse has a right to remain in the house solely acquired by the other on the dissolution of the marriage

Whether a spouse is entitled to properties acquired during the subsistence of a marriage, irrespective of whether he/she has made a contribution to its acquisition

Whether a spouse who contributed substantially to the acquisition of the matrimonial home is entitled to a share in the property

Whether a wife who helps the husband to acquire property has an interest in the property at customary law

Whether it is essential for a spouse to prove a contribution to the acquisition of marital property

Whether property acquired before marriage is subject to joint ownership of the parties

Whether spouses will be awarded their due in jointly acquired properties under customary law marriage

Whether the court can order a lump sum payment in making an order of distribution of matrimonial property

Whether the court can order that the respective share of the property of the parties be conveyed to each child to be held in trust by the respective parties

Whether the inability to quantify the wife's assistance and contribution bars her from an equitable sharing of the matrimonial property

Whether the petitioner must prove that matrimonial property was jointly acquired by the parties to be entitled to an equitable share of the property

Whether the presumption of property acquired during the subsistence of the marriage being joint property is applicable only during divorce proceedings

Whether the presumption that the owner of a legal title is the owner of the full beneficial title applies to the matrimonial home

Whether the principle that property jointly acquired during marriage becomes joint property of the parties applies to the extension of the house

Whether the wife must establish the precise extent of her contribution to the matrimonial property

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