15/05/2025 Bertus Preller Costs, Interim Maintenance, Maintenance, Maintenance Claims On Death, Marriage, Surviving Spouse, Wills Administration of Estates Act, deceased estates law, estate administration, estate shortfall, executor duties, executor powers, family law South Africa, financial means assessment, financial self-sufficiency, Free State High Court, interim maintenance, interim maintenance claim, Liquidation and Distribution account, maintenance claim evidence, maintenance claim rejection, maintenance needs proof, Maintenance of Surviving Spouses Act, Savvas case, South African inheritance law, surviving spouse maintenance, surviving spouse rights, testamentary freedom, widow's financial position, widow's rights South Africa Financial Self-Sufficiency Defeats Widow’s Maintenance Claim: Savvas v Savvas N.O and Others (1969/2024) [2025] ZAFSHC 115 (7 April 2025). Background: The Maintenance Claim of a Surviving Spouse In the recent judgment of Lynette Savvas v George Michael Savvas N.O and Others (1969/2024) ZAFSHC 115 (7 April 2025), the Free… READ MORE
10/09/2024 Bertus Preller Wills contested will, estate planning, executor duties, expert testimony, family dispute, inheritance, legal precedent, mental capacity, morphine effects, pancreatic cancer, South African Law, testamentary capacity, undue influence, Wills Act Family Fortune Fracas: M.E.K and Another v Pokroy N.O and Others (70352/16) [2024] ZAGPPHC 862 (26 August 2024) Reshapes South African Will Law. Background: A Family Feud over a Contested Will The case of M.E.K and Another v Pokroy N.O and Others (70352/16) ZAGPPHC 862 unfolds as a gripping family saga centred on… READ MORE