If you look at the internet posts under the term ‘equalisation of gains’, almost all of them relate to divorce law.

It is certainly true that almost every 2–3 marriages end prematurely these days, and so does the often agreed statutory matrimonial property regime of the community of acquired property.

Conversely, however, it is also true that the other portion of marriages works out and families remain intact. And it is precisely this target group that the following article is aimed at.