A casebook on the law of succession / by William Musyoka.
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TextPublication details: Nairobi, Kenya : LawAfrica Publishing (K) Ltd., c2010.Description: Ixii, 701p. : col. ill. ; 26cmISBN: - 9966744851
- Part one: Introduction
- The law of succession applying in Kenya after 1981
- Part two: testate succession
- The nature and function of wills
- The creation of a valid will
- Revocation, alteration and revival of will
- Gifts by will and their failure
- Construction of wills
- Part Three: Intestacy
- Intestate succession
- Part Four: Protection of estates
- Protection provisions
- Part five: grants of representation
- Grant of representation
- Probate jurisdiction
- Non-contentious probate
- Contentious probate
- Part Six: Administration of estates
- Collection, realistaion and management of estates
- Payment of expenses, debts and pecuniary legacies
- Distribution of the estate
- Remedies of beneficiaries and creditors
- Estate accounts
- Part Seven: Post-mortem alterations
- Dependency and family provisions
- Disclaimers and variations
- Part Eight: The general principles of African customary law and Islamic law of succession
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"This text broadly and comprehensively covers the area of law of succession in Kenya. It exposes the substantive succession legal regime applying in Kenya as well as the Kenyan probate practice by way of case law and materials. It is tailored specifically for the legal practitioner, the Magistrate and Judge and the law student."
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