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The
word ‘spouseʼ includes a
partner in a permanent same-sex life partnership where partners have
undertaken a reciprocal duty to support each other.
The deceased’sbrother who was his closest surviving blood relative was entitled to inheritintestate from the deceased to the exclusion of the deceased’s surviving same-sexpartner.
The deceased’s
brother who was his closest surviving blood relative was entitled to inherit
intestate from the deceased to the exclusion of the deceased’s surviving same-sex
partner.
For the deceased’s
same-sex partner to inherit intestate from him, they had to have entered into a
partnership under the provisions of the Civil Union Act 17 of 2006
Same-sex partners in
unformalised relationships will no longer enjoy intestate succession rights.
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