Month: July 2022

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Deceased Estates

LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT

YOUR NOMINATED EXECUTOR MUST HAVE THE CAPACITY TO ACT

The following persons DO NOT have the capacity to act as an executor:

  1. A person under the age of 18 years old.
  2. A person who is mentally unstable.
  3. Unrehabilitated insolvents.
  4. A person who signed a will as a witness.
  5. A person who signed a will on behalf of the testator.
Categories
Deceased Estates

THE ADMINISTRATION PROCESS OF DECEASED ESTATES

The following steps should be followed by the attorney:

  1. Taking of instructions to administer the estate.
  2. First consultation with the family members.
  3. Reporting the estate to the Master of the High Court to obtain the letters of executorship.
  4. Section 29 advertisements in the government gazette and a local newspaper.
  5. Opening of an estate banking account.
  6. Gathering of information to value and validate the assets and liabilities.
  7. Drafting the liquidation and distribution account.
  8. Attend to queries from the Master.
  9. Section 35 advertisements of the liquidation and distribution account.
  10. Pay creditors and distribute the estate.
  11. The executor applies for his/her discharge by die Master.