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 person … Read more
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