Who Inherits If You Have No Will and No Spouse?
Dying without a valid will doesn’t mean your estate goes to the state. In South Africa, it means the Intestate Succession Act 81 of 1987 takes over and distributes your estate for you, according to a fixed order of priority. That order does not ask what you would have wanted, but it simply works down […]
Who’s watching the watchmen?
Ensuring their children are cared for when they pass away is one of the primary reasons people draw up a will. But what happens when the best interests of the children that are left behind are not at the forefront when an estate is administered and maintenance needs to be paid? This is, unfortunately, a […]