Answer to a question from a reader
Was it legal for my grandfather to sell my father s RDP house and how can my mother claim the title deed?
The short answer
The whole question
Was it legal for my grandfather to sell my late father s RDP house without my mother s knowledge or permission? How can my mother claim the title deed?
The long answer
1. It was almost certainly not legal for your grandfather to sell the house without your mother’s knowledge or permission. Even if your father had named your grandfather as his heir in his will, if your father and mother were married in community of property, your mother would be entitled to her half share of their joint property, when your father died. The other half would be distributed according to his will. If he died without a will, which is called intestate, she would inherit the property. This is the order in which people inherit in intestate succession:
The following question is part of and comes from a reader wanting to know about claiming inheritance.
My late father, a police captain, never recognised me as his daughter. Can I claim anything from his estate?
The short answer
You could ask the GEPF and see if there is any way in which you could be included as a beneficiary..
The whole question
My biological father passed away yesterday. He was a captain in the police force.
Unfortunately, he never acknowledged me as his daughter. My mother and grandmother took him to court back in 1981 for blood tests but every time the results came back they were told in court that the dockets had gone missing.