Browsing: Wills and estates

In the Marriage Series this week, Ann-Suhet Marx of VDM Incorporated examines how dying without a will is driving estate disputes and leaving spouses financially exposed in South Africa.

A dispute over which will governs the estate of the late Constance Louise King took a procedural turn after the defendants’ plea was struck out for failing to properly raise a claim in reconvention.

Acting Judge Nthambeleni has frozen the Morare estate and stopped the sale of the family home, ruling that Pamela and Sannah Morare face immediate and irreparable harm while the High Court determines which of two competing Wills is valid.