Hierdie is die vyfde uitgawe van die boek wat vir die eerste keer in 1992 as 'n relatief bondige teks, spesifiek gemik op studente in die erfreg, verskyn het. Die boek het egter deur sy opeenvolgende uitgawes tot 'n meer algemene bron vir die Suid-Afrikaanse erfreg ontwikkel. Tog is dit deur sy aanslag, aanbiedingswyse en sistematiek steeds ideaal om ook as handboek in erfregkursusse gebruik te word. Die huidige weergawe poog weereens om aan die leser 'n omvattende oorsig oor die verskillende fasette van die erfreg te gee, met inagneming van die jongste ontwikkelings wat hierdie regsgebied beinvloed het.

Last meal at Moor Inn: A short story about a teenager who receives a letter from a firm of solicitors out of the blue and learns something to her advantage which she can't understand. Death was presumed: A short story about attempts to trace the relatives of an elderly lady who died in a home and which ended up with unexpected and distressing consequences. Secret of the roof: a short story about a lady who had a problem about a family will and wonders if noises in the roof have any connection with that. The young witnesses: A short story about a teenager who has hardly any knowledge of law but attempts to write out a will for someone in extreme circumstances.

Your Will CAN be Simple to Prepare - Even for Complex Families and Busy Business Owners. Seventy percent of people in the UK die without leaving a Will. And, of the Wills that exist, twenty-eight percent are found to have major flaws that totally change the distribution of assets. There are so many things that you need to be aware of - to make sure your family, assets and business are secure after you're gone - that just getting started can feel intimidating. Expert Will writer, Rachael Rodgers, really knows how to simplify these matters. In this book she explains in detail the key lessons she learnt from years of experience advising a huge array of clients. This revised edition includes updated sections on inheritance tax and foreign issues. So whether you're making a Will for the first time, or want to ensure the one you have is fit for purpose, this book which is based on UK law will explain what you need to know - simply!

Succession Law in Ireland: Principles, Cases and Commentaries is not a case book in the traditional sense. The use of cases in this work is done with the purpose of discerning the key principles, criteria and prerequisites applied by the courts in arriving at their decisions, knowledge of which is essential to practitioners and students in the field of succession law. Succession Law in Ireland: Principles, Cases and Commentaries contains 16 chapters. Each chapter is structured in the following way: >the subject matter; >the legislation, principles, criteria or prerequisites relevant to the subject matter; >reference to cases and the application of principles, criteria or prerequisites to the issues, and the findings of the courts; Author's commentaries appear at the end of each chapter. The contents cover diverse topics such as: execution of wills; testamentary capacity and undue influence; the revocation and revival of wills; class gifts and powers of appointment the legal right of spouses and civil partners; s 117 applications unworthiness to succeed and disinheritance the construction of wills; the issue of costs; equitable concepts and doctrines; foreign elements; the duty of care of solicitors; accountability and privilege; gifts taking effect on death; the validity of proceedings; the limitation of actions. Instances of the type of principles, criteria and prerequisites include the Kearns' Principles devised by Kearns J (as he then was) in In the Estate of ABC, XC v RT [2003] 2 IR 250 were derived from previous cases involving s117 applications to the courts by children of testators, the Lowry Principles devised by Lowry LCJ in Heron v Ulster Bank Ltd [1974] N.I. 44 are applied in cases dealing with the construction of wills, the Fennelly Criteria in Corrigan v Martin, Unreported, High Court, Fennelly J, 13 March, 2006, are referred to whenever the provisions of s 9 of the Civil Liability Act 1961 and the periods of limitation for bringing actions against the estates of deceased persons become an issue, and the prerequisites of the equitable doctrine of proprietary estoppel formulated by Laffoy J in Coyle v Finnegan and Finnegan [2013] IEHC 463. [Subject: Irish Law, Family Law, Inheritance Law]

Four short stories Last meal at Moor Inn: A teenager, out of the blue, receives a letter from a firm of solicitors about a will of a lady she has never heard of. Death was presumed: Attempts to trace the relatives of an elderly lady who was in a home end up with unexpected and distressing consequences. Secret of the roof: An elderly lady who had a problem with a family will hears noises in her roof and wonders if there is a connection. The young witnesses: A teenager who has hardly any knowledge of law attempts to write out a will for someone who is dying.

This book provides practical insight on succession law in Ireland. Succession law is the branch of law which provides the rules for the creation of succession rights to property by wills - in the form of devises, legacies, and bequests - and the rules relating to the distribution of estates in cases of intestacy. The book includes a body of useful precedents on wills, probate, and Irish Succession Act precedents. Contents Includes: Succession Rights * The Execution of Wills * Testamentary Capacity * The Revocation and Revival of Wills * Testamentary Gifts and Trusts * The Ademption, Lapse, and Modification of Gifts * Intestate Succession * The Legal Right of Spouses and Civil Partners / Applications by Qualified Cohabitants * The Moral Duty of Testators * The Cessation of Succession and Legal Rights * Donationes Mortis Causa, Joint Bank Accounts, and Advancements * Equitable Property Rights * Applications for Grants of Probate * Applications for Grants of Letters of Administration with Will Annexed * Applications for Grants of Letters of Administration Intestate * Applications for Grants by Guardians, Committees, and Attorneys * Applications for De Bonis Non Grants * Caveats and Citations * The Administration and Distribution of Estates * Probate Motions and Section 27(4) Applications * Probate and Administration Actions and Costs * The Construction of Wills * The Limitation of Actions and Striking Out of Proceedings * Wills Precedents * Probate Precedents * Succession Act Precedents. [Subject: Irish Law, Succession Law, Property Law, Estate Law, Trust Law]

When people die they leave wills that are meant to transfer their property to whomever they want. Sometimes people do more and leave last words of what they thought of people. Other people leave their property to pets, foundations or organizations and purposely leave nothing to their loved ones. This book comprises a collection of various types of wills that have been left throughout history.

Dying To Know.Info details an invaluable step-by-step process that will provide your loved ones peace of mind with the legal forms and other information they will need in order to deal with your affairs in the event of your passing. This book presents a fun, humorous, streamlined process to help with the completion of the documents quickly and easily. Everyone will pass on someday, so to a degree everyone needs this book. It contains the forms needed to appoint your executor, the person who gives your beneficiaries the news about who gets your favorite fishing rod or sewing machine. The provided living will expresses whether you want to be kept on life support, or be allowed to meet your maker when your doctor says you are ready to go. It explains how you can cut funeral costs, avoid probate, and informs your accountant and/or attorney that you have done most of their work, so they better sharpen their pencils when tallying up their fees. This book could potentially save your spouse or partner a fortune in state and federal inheritance taxes, so there will be something left for that trip around the world he/or she always wanted. It contains all the forms necessary to allow your loved ones to pick up where you left off with all of your affairs so they can spend more time celebrating your life instead of spending countless hours trying to make heads or tails of your bills, bank accounts, debts, investments, and all that revolved around your daily life. It is only natural to put off for later what you absolutely should do today in regard to this subject, but anyone can slip on a banana peel and crack their "noggin," so it's a good idea to prepare now. Hopefully, you'll live to be one hundred, so as information changes, there are addendum pages for you to bring your affairs up-to-date. No other book on this subject is as comprehensive or supplies the detail or the legal forms as Dying To Know.Info. It is available in soft cover format to be filled out by hand or as an eBook so you can type onto the forms using your computer and print them out.

DO YOU MAKE THESE ESTATE PLANNING MISTAKES? * Do you believe that having a Will avoids probate? * Do you think your estate is too small for estate planning? * Have you added one of your children's names to your home's deed to avoid probate? * Have you prepared a trust and never funded it? In nearly 30 years of practicing law in Florida, Dean Hanewinckel has helped his clients avoid these and other mistakes, while preparing an estate plan that saves money, time and aggravation. This book will teach you in plain-English what you need to know to create the perfect estate plan for you and your family and give you peace of mind.

What obligations to each other do people have or think they have? That question comes up in relation to family and marriage relationships, to law, and to moral reasoning. This novel and highly readable book takes it up in relation to inheritances: to what people think they should leave or be left, who should receive what, when, how, and why. Making the book novel is its range. Here are views about more than money. Covered are also houses, land and, an often neglected but emotion-laden area, the personal and often indivisible things that mean one is remembered as an individual. Making it novel also is its emphasis throughout on meanings and on what people see as matters of choice or flexibility. Even in countries where the legal codes specify who should receive what after death (many European and most Islamic codes allow far less choice than British-based law does), people still have room for decisions about what they give away to various heirs or spend before death. What makes the book highly readable? One reason is its timeliness. Currently lively, for example, are debates over parents balancing their own needs and wishes against those of their children ("spending the kids' inheritance," in one description). Another is the book's style. The writing is straightforward. Theory is not neglected but there is an absence of jargon. The material is also mostly based on narratives: on people's own descriptions of arrangements that "worked well" or "did not work well" and on why they thought so. That base makes the book far from dry and far from being an account only of negative feelings, objections, challenges, and family rifts. It also makes it more relevant at times of indecision or misunderstanding. In short, a book for many readers, both within the social sciences and beyond it.