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The process of managing and distributing the assets of a deceased person.

Specific laws governing the distribution of estates and succession.

A key Act crucial for estate administration in South Africa.

Rules to determine who inherits assets and how the estate is shared by beneficiaries.

The authority overseeing the formal liquidation of a deceased estate.

The set of laws governing the distribution of a deceased person's legal estate.

The personal domain of inheritance and succession.

The relevant legal system (common law or customary law) for handling a deceased person's assets is determined by choice of law rules.

Different customary law traditions can contradict each other. The Law of Evidence Amendment Act provides rules to resolve these conflicts.

Common law focuses on wealth transfer and individual property rights, while customary law prioritizes the well-being of family units.

Legal rules to determine the specific legal system (common or customary) used to settle the affairs of a deceased.

In South Africa, before 1994, common and customary succession laws operated independently, with specific statutes governing property succession for black people.

A South African law that regulated the succession of black people's property, placing some restrictions on their ability to transfer property.

The deceased's marital status influenced which succession law applied. Common law applied to community property marriages, and customary law to customary marriages.

The Intestate Succession Act did not apply to estates governed by Section 23 of the Black Administration Act, which had separate regulations.

The legal process for distributing a deceased person's assets when no will or valid agreement exists.

Dying with a valid will or antenuptial contract.

Dying without a will or valid agreement.

Law governing the distribution of estates under common law.

Law that applies to customary law estates in addition to the Intestate Succession Act.

Customary practice allowing the heir to take property, marry a wife and have children considered the deceased's.

A will that adheres to the legal requirements of at least one legal system outlined in Section 3bis.

Determined by the law of execution; testator's domicile/habitual residence at execution/death; or testator's citizenship at execution/death.

Law of location of the property, or any of the scenarios for movable property described for execution location or testator's connection.

A bequest without conditions; the simplest type of bequeathal.

Co-heirs/co-legatees inheriting the share of a co-heir/legatee who cannot/does not inherit.

A legacy that fails because the testator disposed of the bequeathed object before death.

Acceptance of an inheritance from a deceased testator.

Process of settling and distributing a deceased person's estate by the executor, overseen by the Master of the High Court.

Person who signs a will on behalf of the testator.

Changes made by the testator to their will (adding, deleting, altering, or interlining).

The testator's intention to create a will.

Widow in a polygamous Muslim marriage can inherit; exclusion is unconstitutional (Hassam v Jacobs).

Partner in a monogamous Hindu marriage is considered a spouse, even if marriage is invalid (Govender v Ragavayah).

Partner in a permanent same-sex life partnership with reciprocal support is included (Gory v Kolver).

Partner in a permanent heterosexual life partnership with reciprocal support is included (Laubscher N.O. v Duplan and Bwanya v Master of the High Court).

Surviving partners in a customary polygamous marriage are recognized (Bhe v Magistrate, Khayelitsha).

Partners in a customary marriage as per section 2 of the RCMA.

Includes various definitions in section 1 of the RCLSA.

Includes persons accepted as the deceased's children and those in union with the deceased to provide children for their house.

First parental group is the deceased and spouse, including their descendants. Always inherits first (Rule 1.3).

Recognized spouse rights in monogamous Hindu marriages for intestate succession.

Expanded intestate succession to same-sex permanent partners.

Considered a grandmother's role as primary caregiver for intestate succession.

Ruled the Intestate Succession Act unconstitutional, including same-sex and permanent opposite-sex partnerships.

Black individuals with African customary marriage: estate devolved by Black Administration Act, section 23, and regulations.

Black individuals with African customary marriage: estate devolved by Intestate Succession Act, modified by Bhe v Magistrate, Khayelitsha.

Estate devolved according to the Intestate Succession Act.

Intestate succession is governed by the Intestate Succession Act, modified by Gory v Kolver.

Apply only if the deceased died on or after 27 April 1994, stemming from legal cases (Daniels v Campbell, Hassam v Jacobs, and Govender v Ragavayah).