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Family law RCA00016/2021/CA CMB RCAA 00017/2021/CA

KARURETWA V UWASE

The Court of Appeal held that the 2016 succession law applied, upheld Uwase Pamela Claudine’s inheritance rights, and excluded some after-death acquisitions from the estate.

  • Inheritance rights of children born out of wedlock
  • Division of matrimonial property
  • Effect of property acquired after spouse's death
  • Parental obligations and disinheritance
  • Applicability of succession statutes
  • Succession-law
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Family law RCAA 00031/2020/CA- RCAA 00032/2020/CA

MUKAMINEGA MU IZINA RY’BANA BE v MWISENEZA UHAGARARIYE ABANA BE

The Court of Appeal ordered further disclosure and valuation of disputed estate assets before final succession distribution, and confirmed procedural rules when represented children reach majority.

  • Inheritance rights of children born out of wedlock
  • Distribution of estate
  • Legal standing of heirs
  • Procedural rights in succession cases
  • Evidence and disclosure in succession
  • Succession-law
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