A welcome recent amendment to the Estate Duty Act gives spouses access to each other’s estate duty abatements and eliminates the need for the artificial

Mervin Messias explains the general principles A good friend and colleague, Mervin Messias, a doyen of estate planning, explains the principles. The general principles are as

Capacity to benefit under a will The following persons are disqualified from benefitting under a will: 1.    A person who has unduly influenced the person who

If you die without a will, your estate will devolve in terms of the rules of intestate succession   © 2012 Department of Justice and

Questions to be put to an intending testator to obtain necessary information Such questions, of course, will depend on the circumstances. This form is inserted

When you must not register your home in your own name Want to guarantee that your home will be safe from any business adversity? By Pete Carruthers After

If you have children but haven’t named guardians for them in your will, you may be setting your family up for a costly, even bitter

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Estate planning is an essential part of financial planning. The Saturday Star, January 10, 2004 (Personal Finance) How to go about planning your estate By:

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