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Conditions for the applicability of English Law to the distribution of the estate of an intestate married under the Ordinance

Conditions for the application of English Law in the event of intestacy of a person married in accordance with the Ordinance

Position of the law where the deceased is succeeded by only one child

Position of the law where the self-acquired property of a deceased intestate is said to become family property

Rules governing intestate succession before PNDCL111 came into force

The law governing succession to personal property of an intestate

The law governing succession to the estate of an intestate

The nature of the interest a widow/child has in the estate of the husband/father who died intestate under Akan Custom

The position of the law with regard to devolution of property where there is an only child

The principle that succession is not as of right but by appointment

The principle that the estate of an intestate deceased vests in the customary successor

Whether a child who survived the father but died before the distribution of the estate is entitled to a portion of deceased’s estate

Whether a customary successor needs to apply for letters of administration

Whether a deceased mother's property is succeeded to her her children under both the patrilineal and matrilineal systems of succession

Whether a person is a beneficiary of an estate because the mother was once an administratrix of the estate

Whether a person not being a child of a marriage is entitled to live in the matrimonial home

Whether children born out of wedlock share equally in a deceased's estate with the children of the marriage

Whether intestate succession is governed by any other law besides his personal law

Whether surviving spouse and children are entitled absolutely to the household chattels of the intestate

Whether the family of a deceased can appoint any person, male or female, to succeed the deceased

Whether the interest of a surviving child accrues at the time of the death of the intestate or at the time of distribution of the estate

Whether the members of the extended family are entitled to succeed a deceased under the Intestate Succession Act

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