the spouses have their own estates which contain property and debts acquired prior to and during the marriage (“what is mine is mine and what is yours is yours”). Each spouse is separately liable to his/her creditors. Prior to the marriage, an ante nuptial contract must be entered into to indicate that the marriage will be out of community of property.

Divorce

When spouses have marital problems, they can either try to save the marriage through counselling or if there is no chance of saving the marriage, they can decided to dissolve the marriage through a divorce.