Intestate succession

I’ve had a few horror stories lately about people who died intestate. One was a client for whom we prepared a Will, but she never signed it. She died at a young age and her family got nothing of her estate because her future husband had paid lobola and they were therefore deemed to be married. Fortunately, most of her wealth was held by a trust that we had set up for her and her family were beneficiaries of the trust. Another was a professional lady who lived with a very close…