Who can make a claim against my estate?
Most estates are completed based on the wishes of the deceased and in accordance with their will.
The starting point of the law is that a person is entitled to leave his or her estate to whoever they choose. A person has freedom to choose their beneficiaries, whether they are family members, other persons or their favourite charity.
Claims against estate can come from under the “family provision” parts of succession law, or from equity law regarding promises of bequests that were never honoured. [...]