When a person dies without a will, the court is still involved. The document that authorises the family to collect, settle and distribute the estate is a grant of letters of administration, and obtaining one is the practical task that faces the household once the burial is done. The process is structured, and understanding it … Read more
Being named executor of a will, or appointed administrator by the court, is a position of trust with real obligations attached. Representatives frequently accept the role without a clear view of what it involves, and the questions tend to arrive after the grant: what to collect, what to pay first, and to whom accounts must … Read more
A parent dies, and among the papers is a bank statement. The family needs the funds for school fees and funeral costs, but the branch explains that the account cannot be operated. Frozen accounts follow death as a matter of banking practice, and the route to release runs through the succession process rather than through … Read more
You are writing a will and must name the person who will one day wind up your affairs. It is a decision many testators make in five minutes and think about for years , usually when the estate proves harder to settle than expected. What does an executor do in Kenya? An executor is the … Read more
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