Key services:

• Reporting the estate to the Master of the High Court and securing Letters of Executorship or Authority.
• Administering testate estates in line with the Will, and intestate estates in line with the Intestate Succession Act.
• Liaising with the Master, creditors and heirs, preparing liquidation and distribution accounts and arranging transfer of property.​

Common examples:

• Administering an estate where the deceased left a Will, ensuring that specific bequests and the residue are correctly transferred.
• Handling an intestate estate where a surviving spouse and children must share the estate according to the “child’s share” formula.​
• Assisting a surviving spouse who suspects that a Will is invalid or was signed under undue influence.