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What Happens to Child or Spousal Maintenance Obligations When the Paying Parent Dies in South Africa?

A maintenance order feels permanent while it is being paid every month. It has a court’s authority behind it, a case number, and a payer who has (hopefully) been reliably meeting it for years. So when that paying...

•September 30, 2026•Executor Law•child maintenance, deceased estate, estate planning, spousal maintenance•no comments

Estate Duty on Foreign Pensions and Retirement Annuities: What South African Expats and Returning Residents Need to Know

South Africans who have worked abroad, whether for a few years in London or a full career in Australia, the Middle East, or elsewhere, often come home with more than savings. They come home with a foreign pension,...

•September 30, 2026•Executor Law•deceased estates, estate administration, executor law•no comments

Buying Property Through a Trust in South Africa: Conveyancing and Estate Considerations

Property bought in a trust’s name looks, on paper, almost identical to property bought in a person’s own name. The deed of sale is signed, a conveyancer is appointed, and the transfer proceeds through the same Deeds Office...

•September 25, 2026•Executor Law•conveyancing, estate planning, south africa, transfer duty, Trust, trust deed•no comments

Curatorship vs Power of Attorney: Protecting an Aging Parent’s Finances in South Africa

Most families dealing with an aging parent’s finances assume a signed power of attorney will carry them through, whatever happens. It is a reasonable assumption, and it is wrong. In South Africa, a power of attorney does not...

•September 25, 2026•Executor Law•estate plan, property abroad, retirement fund•no comments

The Guardian’s Fund: What Happens When a Minor Inherits in South Africa

When a parent or grandparent dies and leaves something to a child under 18, most families assume the money simply sits safely until the child comes of age. What actually happens is more specific, and more restrictive, than...

•September 18, 2026•Executor Law•deceased estate, estate planning, guardian's fund, minor inheritance, Trust, Trustee, wills•no comments

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