Three months after the funeral, the family discovers that the bank will not release the account and the lands registry will not transfer the plot without a court order. The plot was bought in the nineties; the account has been frozen since the death. Where there is no will, both problems have the same answer: … Read more
A couple prepares for a wedding, and a relative mentions that the marriage will cancel the will made years earlier. The claim sounds like folklore, but it rests on the statute. For anyone marrying in Kenya with an existing will, the point deserves attention before the ceremony rather than after, because the consequences for the … Read more
A parent has passed away in Nairobi, and amid the funeral arrangements a practical question keeps surfacing: how does the family lawfully deal with the bank account, the house in Buru Buru and the shamba upcountry? Everything begins with two things, the death certificate and, later, a court grant. How do you obtain a death … Read more
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