A woman with Dutch nationality cannot be forced to relinquish her nationality if her spouse acquires another nationality.

Under the Family Home Protection Act, one spouse could not sell the matrimonial home which was in his or her ownership without the permission of the other spouse.

A child who is adopted by, and thus enters into a family law relationship with, the spouse, registered partner or other life partner of his her parent, retains his her surname unless an explicit choice is made for the surname of the spouse or partner.

Should such couples seek the protection of the law, the courts invariably decide in favour of the woman and uphold her right to choose her spouse.

Spouse benefits

In cases of marital breakdown, courts could and did make orders in favour of the non owning spouse, granting him or her right of occupation of the matrimonial home to the exclusion of the other spouse.

The Code also states that married women may engage in trading activity, but is not recognized as a trader unless her activity is separate from that of her spouse .

Marriage will not be contracted if a prospective spouse does not confirm his or her desire to marry or if a prospective spouse is not of the age to marry or if hindrances to contracting a marriage become evident.

Nevertheless, every citizen may, prior to entering into marriage, opt for a civil or a customary wedding with his or her spouse.

Under the new law, a married woman may engage in business trading activity but is not recognized as a trader unless her activity is separate from that of her spouse .

Death of a spouse The death of a spouse is usually a particularly powerful loss.

a disabled indigent spouse

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In fact, she had definitively terminated the relationship with her de facto spouse and was no longer living with him when he died.

Under article 27 of the Family Code, a spouse who changed her family name when she married may, after dissolution of the marriage, use that family name if the other spouse agrees to that or may be given back her maiden name, if she requests that when the dissolution is registered with the civil registry office.

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If a diplomat is accompanied by his or her spouse during the time he or she is assigned to a foreign mission, the foreign service allowance of the diplomat is increased by 35 per cent and the time spent by the spouse in a foreign mission together with the diplomat is considered to be part of the length of employment of the spouse.

Indeed, one indication of the openness of a political system is whether or not a leader appears at public functions with his or her spouse.

Is the adoring political spouse so much a part of the political landscape that she has her own iconography, from knit suits to the dreamy upward gaze at her man receding into the past?

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Change of nationality by one spouse does not result in an automatic change of the nationality of the other spouse.

Moreover, the Draft Prevention and Resolution of Domestic Violence Act gives the definition of household member covering spouse, former spouse, de facto spouse, legitimate child, adopted child, family members including any person living in the household, excluding tenants.

Provision of foodstuffs to the less privileged spouse

Women have the same rights with respect to gaining residence and employment status for their spouse in situations where the spouse is a non national.

A widow is a woman whose spouse has died.

A widower is a man whose spouse has died.

As for the inheritance rights of a surviving spouse, they were now the same for men and women each spouse was the heir of the other.

Chart 3 Murder of Women by Their Spouse, 1994 2003

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We said , Adam , this ( satan ) is your enemy and the enemy of your spouse . Let him not expel you and your spouse from Paradise lest you plunge into misery .

Obviously if they are married, a wife will first consult her spouse on such matters, in the same way that a married man will first consult with his wife, before making a final decision.