Steyn v Steyn (6427/2010)
Steyn v Steyn (6427/2010) [2010] ZAWCHC 224 (27 October 2010)
The court held that a civil partnership concluded in England under the Civil Partnership Act 2004, which is legally recognized in that jurisdiction and has all the hallmarks of a marriage, should be accepted as a valid and binding civil partnership in South Africa according to the lex loci celebrationis principle. The Divorce Act is the appropriate statute for dissolving such partnerships, and the term 'marriage' in the Divorce Act must be interpreted purposively to include registered foreign same-sex marriages or civil unions/partnerships that are lawful in the country where they were conclu…
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- Civil Union Act
- Foreign Same Sex Marriage
- Divorce Act Interpretation
- Matrimonial Property Regime