Have a question you would like answered? Email us and we may answer it. The questions here are based on ones from our readers, with identifying information removed.
Please note: GroundUp is just a news agency. We are not lawyers or financial advisors, and we have nothing to do with SASSA, Home Affairs, or any other government bodies. We do our best to make the answers accurate using publicly available information, but we cannot accept any legal liability if there are errors. If you notice any discrepancies, please email info@groundup.org.za.
Topic: Inheritance | Show questions and answers for all topics
You will have to go the municipality where your mother applied and ask them for their advice in this situation.
If your mother and her new husband are married in community of property, they share an undivided and equal joint estate.
You may still claim from the GEPF by proving financial dependence and trying to involve the brother through a meeting, affidavit, or sworn statements from other relatives.
If the will names you as the fideicommissary heir, you may have a legal right to the property. Consult the Master’s Office for help.
If your father died without a will, all four children are equal heirs and should have had a say in who got the letter of authority. You can write to the Master of the High Court over your concerns.
If your father died without a will, all his surviving children, including your half-siblings, are legally entitled to inherit the house equally under the Intestate Succession Act.
No, they cannot evict their deceased mother’s grandchildren from her house. Your uncle is entitled to a share of the home as is the dependents of his deceased sibling's children.
No, it can’t be amended after her death.
You should be able to get copies from the Master's Office where the death was registered.
If the house had been awarded to your parent before they passed away, you should be able to get the house (unless they wrote a will saying otherwise).