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You can lay a complaint with the Legal Practice Council.
You cannot access your father's deceased estate, including his bank account, without permission from the Master of the High Court.
All powers of attorney lapse when the owner dies.
The present executor is allowed to finalise the two estates concurrently.
If your parents were married in community of property, which is likely, then the RDP house belongs to them both, jointly.
Yes, but the question of why you have left it for 23 years will be central to any consideration of varying the court order of divorce.
There are a number of free will templates that you can download.
You will not qualify for an RDP house if you inherit your father's house. Your daughter can still inherit from your estate if you have different last names.
It is not possible to sell the house before an executor is appointed.
He should inform the Master of the High Court that the whole family was not included in the nomination of who should wind up the estate.