LIABILITY OF ESTATE OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE
Where a person as personal representative of a deceased person (including an executor in his own wrong) wastes or converts to his own use any
Wills, administration of estates and property matters Blogs
This blog deals with aspects of a will, a personal representative, administration of estates of the deceased, and property-related matters linked to marriage or between couples. The purpose of this blog is to enlighten clients on several aspects touching on a will, administration of estates, a personal representative, and property-related matters between couples relating to succession.
Disputes on the administration of estates, property-related matters between members of the family, and the responsibility of personal representatives are quite common before courts of records in Cameroon specifically in the English-speaking regions.
The laws upon which the articles in this blog are based are as follows;
- The Southern Cameroon High Court Law 1955
- The Administration of Estates Act 1925
- The Married Women’s Property Act 1882
- The Civil Status Registration Ordinance 1981 etc.
The administration of the estate of the deceased especially in cases in which the deceased died without executing a valid will can be very challenging for families, personal representatives, trustees, debtors, creditors, advocates, and even the courts.
The articles in this blog have covered a wide spectrum of issues that can arise in the administration of estates in Cameroon.
We think that an informed client is a less stressful client for advocates.
INVESTMENTS IN JOINT NAMES OF MARRIED WOMEN AND OTHERS
Deposits in any savings bank or any other bank, annuities granted, sums forming part of the public stocks or funds, or of any other stocks
INTEREST OF THE DECEASED PERSON
A testator shall be deemed to have been entitled at his death to any interest in real estate passing under any gift contained in his
FRAUDULENT INVESTMENTS WITH THE MONEY OF THE HUSBAND
If any investment in accordance with section 10 of the Married Women’s Property Act 1882 in any such deposit or annuity as aforesaid, or in
THE EXECUTOR OF EXECUTOR REPRESENTS THE ORIGINAL TESTATOR
An executor of a sole or last surviving executor of a testator is the executor of that testator. This does not apply to an executor
EXECUTOR NOT TO ACT WHILE ADMINISTRATION IS IN FORCE
Where administration has been granted in respect of any real or personal estate of a deceased person, no person shall have the power to bring
EFFECT OF ASSENT OR CONVEYANCE BY PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE
A personal representative may assent to the vesting, in any person who (whether by device, bequest, devolution, appropriation or otherwise) may be entitled thereto, either
DUTY AND RIGHT OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES
The personal representative of a deceased person shall be under a duty to; The personal representative has the right to recover rent due or accruing
DEVOLUTION OF REAL ESTATE ON PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE
Real estate to which a deceased person was entitled to an interest not ceasing on his death shall on his death, and notwithstanding any testamentary
DESIGNATION OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES
The personal representative is the person to whom the Letters of Administration of an estate are granted. The personal representative manages the estate on behalf