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4 requirements for civil marriage
1. The parties must have the capacity to act
2. There must be an agreement between the parties to enter into a civil
marriage with each other.
3. The marriage between the parties must be lawful.
4. The prescribed formalities must be complied with.
Capacity to act
Persons who have no capacity to act such as the mentally ill and infantes are totally
incapable of entering into a civil marriage.
Mentally ill persons
can only enter into a civil marriage during a lucidum intervallum.
Declared prodigals
can enter into a civil marriage without the curator's consent.
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Persons under curatorship due to a disability or illness
can enter into a civil marriage without the curator's consent
Minors
can only enter into a civil marriage with the consent of their parents/legal guardians
Agreement
Both parties must intend to enter into a civil marriage with one another.
Mistake
Mistakes concerning the identity of the other party (error in personam) or a mistake
concerning the nature of the juristic act (error in negotio) are the only forms of
material mistake in respect of a civil marriage
Misrepresentation
Where one of the parties misleads the other prior to the civil marriage by making
untruthful statements or gives a false impression to the other party by concealing
information which should be made known and thereby persuades the other to
enter into marriage.
Duress (coercion)
Where one of the spouses has been forced to consent to the civil marriage.
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Undue influence
Where one of the parties to a civil marriage has been influenced in his or her choice
and has been persuaded to enter into the marriage as a result of the influence.
Lawfulness
A civil marriage is unlawful due to the following:
1. An existing civil or customary marriage or civil union
2. Persons who are of the same sex
3. Civil marriage between adoptive parents and their adopted children
4. Persons who are within the prohibited degrees of relationship
5. Legal guardians and their wards
Consanguinity
Blood relation
Affinity
Relation by marriage
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Direct line (Consanguinity)
1. Parents
2. Children
Collateral line (Consanguinity)
1. Brothers
2. Sisters
3. Nephews
4. Nieces
5. Cousins
Direct line (Affinity)
1. Parents-in-law
2. Spouse's children from a former marriage i.e stepchildren)
Collateral line (Affinity)
1. Sister-in-law
2. Brother-in-law
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4 requirements for civil marriage
1. The parties must have the capacity to act
2. There must be an agreement between the parties to enter into a civil
marriage with each other.
3. The marriage between the parties must be lawful.
4. The prescribed formalities must be complied with.
Capacity to act
Persons who have no capacity to act such as the mentally ill and infantes are totally
incapable of entering into a civil marriage.
Mentally ill persons
can only enter into a civil marriage during a lucidum intervallum.
Declared prodigals
can enter into a civil marriage without the curator's consent.
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Persons under curatorship due to a disability or illness
can enter into a civil marriage without the curator's consent
Minors
can only enter into a civil marriage with the consent of their parents/legal guardians
Agreement
Both parties must intend to enter into a civil marriage with one another.
Mistake
Mistakes concerning the identity of the other party (error in personam) or a mistake
concerning the nature of the juristic act (error in negotio) are the only forms of
material mistake in respect of a civil marriage
Misrepresentation
Where one of the parties misleads the other prior to the civil marriage by making
untruthful statements or gives a false impression to the other party by concealing
information which should be made known and thereby persuades the other to
enter into marriage.
Duress (coercion)
Where one of the spouses has been forced to consent to the civil marriage.
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Undue influence
Where one of the parties to a civil marriage has been influenced in his or her choice
and has been persuaded to enter into the marriage as a result of the influence.
Lawfulness
A civil marriage is unlawful due to the following:
1. An existing civil or customary marriage or civil union
2. Persons who are of the same sex
3. Civil marriage between adoptive parents and their adopted children
4. Persons who are within the prohibited degrees of relationship
5. Legal guardians and their wards
Consanguinity
Blood relation
Affinity
Relation by marriage
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Direct line (Consanguinity)
1. Parents
2. Children
Collateral line (Consanguinity)
1. Brothers
2. Sisters
3. Nephews
4. Nieces
5. Cousins
Direct line (Affinity)
1. Parents-in-law
2. Spouse's children from a former marriage i.e stepchildren)
Collateral line (Affinity)
1. Sister-in-law
2. Brother-in-law
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