Answer to a question from a reader
The person who sold my mother her RDP house has died and her children are claiming the property is theirs. What can I do? The short answer You could take your mother to Legal Aid and ask them to approach the court for a declaratory order that your mother is the legal owner of the house.
The whole question
My mother bought an RDP house from a woman in 2005 for R25,000. The woman has recently died. Now her adult children want the house which we extended. They claim their mother never sold the house and she is still the registered owner with the deeds office. The only proof of purchase my mother has is an affidavit made at the police station by both parties. How do we then go about getting the property into my mother s name? There is no title deed for the house issued as far as we know. Please help.
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What can we do to stop the late owner s sister from kicking my mom out of the RDP house she has been living in for over 20 years? The short answer Ask the local municipal offices if they can help your mother to acquire title deeds after her 20-year occupation.
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My mom has been living in an RDP house since I was 2 years old (I m 26 now). The RDP house was built while she was a backyarder there. Unfortunately, the owner passed away long before the RDP was built. No one ever came to check on the house until this October. The person who came by claimed to be the sister of the late owner. Now, my family and I are being chased out of our home of over 20 years. I am unsure whether or not there is a title deed for the house. What are my mother s rights in this situation?
I received nothing from my late father s pension fund. What should I do? The short answer
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I am an illegitimate child and didn t receive any money from my father s pension funds when he passed away. I was told that because he was married, only his wife and legitimate child received the money. He was still paying child maintenance for me at the time of his death and did not have a will. He also had a house, but since his wife also passed away, it s being occupied by relatives because no one lives there. Was it right for me to have received nothing from my father s pension fund?