Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. The Act provides for the administration of deceased estates, estates belonging to minors or mentally defective or disordered persons and persons absent from Zimbabwe, as well as those whose whereabouts are unknown. Publication Language: English. The Act also provides for the role of the Master of the High Court and the appointment of.
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Once the Master has approved the account it must be advertised as lying for inspection for days at the Master’s Office and the Magistrate’s Court in the district where the deceased was ordinarily resident. If the day inspection period has expired without objection, the executor has a period of two months in which to distribute inheritances to beneficiaries. Any actions that would have been instituted by or against the deceased have to be instituted by or against the executor. A beneficiary should provide the executor with such information and documents as may be called for to enable the executor to take custody of the estate and to have an accurate invent.
One of the key tasks as the executor of an estate is to establish a list of the estate ’s assets and liabilities. (more…)