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Catholic Living Will and Proxy for Health Care Decisions
A living will is very important in Roman Catholicism because it gives advance directives for health care, to provide the guidance and authority needed to
ConCourt rules customary inheritance laws unconstitutional
The Constitutional Court has declared laws governing primogeniture – which allows complete inheritance by the eldest male descendant –to be unconstitutional and invalid. In a landmark ruling
Formalities in terms of the Wills Act (7 of 1953)
Who may make a will and what are the requirements Formalities in terms of the Wills Act (7 of 1953) By R Bregman Who is
Small Business and Marriage: good bed mates?
Getting married in community of property is hazardous to your future. What to do about it. Small Business and Marriage: good bed mates? By Peter Carruthers
‘Spouse’ in Intestate Succession Act and the Maintenance of Surviving Spouses Act includes partners to Muslim marriages
Persons married according to Muslim rites are spouses for the purposes of inheriting or claiming from estates where the deceased died without leaving a will.
Intestacy
If there is one surviving parent and no descendants of the deceased parent, the surviving parent inherits the whole of the estate. NO SPOUSE, DESCENDANT
Why you need a will
Dying without a will has major implications for both the deceased person as well as the family they leave behind. Why you need a will
Estate planning for your business
Most entrepreneurs place much of their effort into meeting the daily demands of running their own business and then neglect to plan for what will
Bursary conditions ruled to be racist and sexist
The Cape High Court has ruled that a bursary that was set up to exclusively help fund white male University of Cape Town graduates to
Estate planning for unmarried heterosexual couples
Unmarried heterosexual couples that live together should ensure that their estates are planned in such a way that their partner is protected. Section 1(1) of