Question
The deceased is survived by three daughters and her husband. How should her estate be distributed?
Answer
Assuming that the deceased has no surviving parents, brothers, sisters, paternal uncles and nephews (sons of paternal uncles), the estate will be distributed as follows:
Husband receives one quarter of the whole estate. The three daughters jointly receive the balance of three quarters which they have to share equally.
- Source
- themajlis.co.za
- Published in
- The Majlis Vol 21 No 06
- PDF page
- 4
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