Browsing: Administration of Estates Act

A High Court judge has removed an executor after finding that eight of the deceased’s children were not disclosed to the Master and that statutory duties under the Administration of Estates Act were not properly carried out. The court ordered a full accounting of all estate assets and warned that any misappropriated funds may be forfeited.

High Court rescinds ex parte farm sale order, ruling Section 47 gives the Master, not a judge, authority when heirs cannot agree.