The spouses were married in community of property and had a joint will. The surviving spouse inherited everything.
When drafting the L&D, is it referred to as the JOINT estate or the MASSED estate of XYZ?![]()
The spouses were married in community of property and had a joint will. The surviving spouse inherited everything.
When drafting the L&D, is it referred to as the JOINT estate or the MASSED estate of XYZ?![]()
As far as I know it does not matter how you are married, the file at the Masters Office will still be registered as "deceased estate or late estate"
The heading is actually very important to get right. Paragraph 5 of the Administration of Estates Regulations is very specific about this. If not, the Master rejects the L&D and if you use an agent to drop it off, it costs you time and money to have it delivered again. I did some further research and finally indicated that it was a JOINT estate. The Master accepted the L&D on the first submission. Very impressed I must say. Not even a niggly little query about documents "not supplied" that you actually did supply but they were too lazy to look properly![]()
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