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Properties and liabilities must be included in the estate inventory only if evidence shows they belonged to the deceased; items proven to belong to others or lacking evidence of debt are excluded.
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The Court of Appeal denied an application for extension of time to seek revision, holding the alleged inventory error could not support revision relief.
The applicant lacks locus standi as she is neither a beneficiary nor an administrator of the estate, and the probate court lacks jurisdiction to determine the ownership of Farm ID1044265. The Executors did not exhibit an untrue inventory, and the application for revocation is without substance.
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The High Court dismissed an application challenging an estate inventory, holding that the first applicant lacked standing and the second applicant’s claim was insufficiently supported.
The High Court ordered estate administrators to file a true and full inventory of the late Mathias Sibomana Mbonela’s estate within three months.
The Applicants failed to provide sufficient evidence of fraud, forgery, or material non-disclosure by the Respondent. The Respondent complied with legal requirements, and the law does not require family meeting minutes or disqualify a married woman from administration. The application for revocation is unmeritorious and misconceived.
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