{"id":2909,"date":"2021-01-27T10:16:25","date_gmt":"2021-01-27T08:16:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dotnewsconnect.co.za\/law\/?p=2909"},"modified":"2021-01-27T13:10:37","modified_gmt":"2021-01-27T11:10:37","slug":"buying-a-property-check-the-sellers-marital-status","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dotnewsconnect.co.za\/law\/2021\/buying-a-property-check-the-sellers-marital-status\/","title":{"rendered":"Buying a Property: Check the Seller\u2019s Marital Status!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\u201c\u2026a third party is expected to do more than rely upon a bold assurance by another party regarding his or her marital status\u201d (quoted in judgment below)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

If you are taking advantage of our current low interest rates and reduced selling prices to buy a property, make sure that you establish the seller\u2019s marital status with something more than what the seller tells you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your risk comes in if the seller is married in community of property. That\u2019s because, whilst our law generally allows spouses in such a marriage to \u201cperform any juristic act with regard to the joint estate without the consent of the other spouse\u201d, there are exceptions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And one exception relates to immovable property. A spouse needs the written consent<\/strong> of the other to sell, mortgage or burden the property (by granting a servitude over it for example). Without that written consent the transaction is void, unlawful and unenforceable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Which is where the danger comes in. Consider this scenario \u2013 you pay for and take transfer of a property from a seller who you think is unmarried, but a spouse suddenly appears and says \u201cI never consented to that sale so it\u2019s void. The transfer to you is cancelled so out you go and good luck getting your money back\u201d. What now? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Competing rights and a balancing act<\/h6>\n\n\n\n

There is of course a fine balancing act for courts involved here \u2013 on the one hand, the rights of the non-consenting spouse and on the other hand your rights as a good-faith buyer from a seller who you believed to be unmarried.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A recent Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) judgment addressed exactly that situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBut I thought I was buying from an unmarried seller\u201d<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
  • A husband married in community of property sold and transferred a house to a buyer in 2009. At the time, his wife was not living in the house, having moved to another part of the country due to old age.<\/li>
  • When the seller passed away in 2013 his wife was appointed executrix of his deceased estate. Some four years later she successfully applied to the High Court for cancellation of the deed of transfer on the basis that the sale had been without her knowledge or consent.<\/li>
  • The buyer appealed to the SCA on the basis that the wife\u2019s consent to the sale should be \u201cdeemed\u201d to have been given in that the relevant legislation provides for such deemed consent where a buyer \u201cdoes not know and cannot reasonably know that the transaction is being entered into contrary to [the requirement for written consent]\u201d. <\/li>
  • He had, said the buyer, acted bona fide (in good faith) as he had not known of the marriage: \u201cAt the time I purchased the property from the deceased\/seller, he was staying alone in the said property and he also confirmed to me that he was not married. He signed the deed of sale and also the transfer documents alone as unmarried.\u201d<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
    What the buyer must prove<\/h6>\n\n\n\n

    The buyer had to prove that he did not know, and could not reasonably have known, that consent was needed but lacking. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    What the Court here needed to decide was whether the buyer should at the time of the sale have known of the marriage and the lack of written consent. \u201cA duty is cast on a party seeking to rely on the deemed consent provision\u201d held the Court \u201c\u2026 to make the enquiries that a reasonable person would make in the circumstances as to whether the other contracting party is married, if so, in terms of which marriage regime, whether the consent of the non-contracting spouse is required and, if so, whether it has been given.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Finding that the buyer had indeed proved (1) that he did not know that the deceased was married and (2) that he could not reasonably have known this, the SCA allowed the appeal and the transfer to the buyer stands on the basis of deemed consent by the spouse. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The facts of each case will be different, and it is important to bear in mind that in this particular matter the husband\u2019s claim to be unmarried was supported not only by the absence of any sign of a wife but also by two official documents – the deed of transfer and the power of attorney to pass transfer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The bottom line is that as buyer you must make \u201creasonable enquiries\u201d as to the seller\u2019s marital status and as to whether the other spouse\u2019s written consent to the sale is needed.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Disclaimer:<\/strong> The information provided herein should not be used or relied on as professional advice. No liability can be accepted for any errors or omissions nor for any loss or damage arising from reliance upon any information herein. Always contact your professional adviser for specific and detailed advice.<\/p>

    \u00a9 LawDotNews<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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