Allow us to relieve the burden of having to wade through the legal processes in order to administer your loved one’s estate. We are swift and professional and have a proven track record with many satisfied clients over the years.

Being a family firm, we understand that personal, compassionate interactions are important in order to relieve the harshness of the situation. In appointing our firm, we add you to our family and shelter you under our wing throughout the legal process.

1. We complete the necessary legal forms and collect the relevant documentation from you at our initial meeting in order to begin with the estate process.
2. We manage the entire administration process completely, from our first meeting with you to finalisation of the estate.
3. We can either act as the Executors in the estate or we can assist the Executor, as need be.
4. The average turnaround time for the administration of an estate is approximately 9 months although all estates are different and the complexity of the estate varies the time frame for finalisation. We will endeavour to the make the administration process as quick and hassle free as possible.
5. Once the relevant documentation has been completed at our initial meeting, the estate is reported to the Master of the High Court.
6. The Master of the High Court usually issues Letters of Executorship within a period of 4-6 weeks from lodgement of our application documents. These Letters of Executorship appoint the Executor to attend to the finalisation of the estate and starts the entire process.
7. An estate late bank account is then opened in the name of the deceased estate.
8. An advertisement is placed in a local newspaper and the Government Gazette inviting anyone who has a claim against the estate to contact us.
9. Correspondence is sent to all relevant institutions requesting:
   • payment of all monies into the estate late bank account
   • the issue of tax certificates, where necessary, and
   • that they lodge their claims for any debts outstanding.
10. All debts of the estate are covered from monies collected and if there is insufficient money to cover the debts we will meet with the heirs to discuss the sale of assets, as need be.
11. As we are Notaries, Conveyancers and Financial Planners, we do not outsource any aspect of the administration process and provide one point of contact for all of your queries.
12. A Liquidation and Distribution Account is drafted and lodged with the Master of the High Court advising of what assets have been realised, what debts have been paid and what balance needs to be distributed to the heirs of the estate.
13. A second advertisement is then placed in a local newspaper and the Government Gazette inviting anyone who has an interest in the estate to view the Liquidation and Distribution Account at the Master of the High Court and the local Magistrates Court and to lodge any objection they may have to the account within 21 days.
14. Should there be no objection or query to the Liquidation and Distribution Account the balance of the estate can be distributed to the heirs in terms of the will or in terms of intestate succession.
15. We will keep you fully updated on a regular basis regarding all developments in the finalisation of the estate and we strive to always place the needs of the beneficiaries first.