title: Matrimonial Causes Amendment Act, 1987 (No. 11 of 1987).
abstract: This Act amends the Matrimonial Causes Act, 1985, a) to extend the grounds for divorce applicable to civil marriages to marriages solemnized in terms of the African Marriages Act; and b) to widen the powers of the court to make a division of assets on divorce by authorizing it to make consequential and supplemental provisions necessary to give full effect to any order it makes and to make an order relating to the property of one or another spouse that is held by another person and thereby order that person to transfer the property as the court directs.
mesh_terms: D000349:Africa; D017954:Africa South of the Sahara; D000351:Africa, Eastern; D003906:Developing Countries; D004243:Divorce; D004467:Economics; D007878:Legislation as Topic; D008393:Marriage; D015030:Zimbabwe
keywords: Africa; Africa South Of The Sahara; Developing Countries; Divorce--legal aspects; Eastern Africa; Economic Factors; English Speaking Africa; Laws And Statutes; Microeconomic Factors; Nuptiality; Spousal Support--legal aspects; Zimbabwe