adminAngeline Mpofu Chronicle Reporter
AN elderly woman wept in court before she collapsed after a magistrate told her she was not a beneficiary of her son’s estate. The granny, Lizzy Moyo, had taken her son, Samuel, to court accusing him of stealing his late brother’s burial order and death certificate and using them to deprive her of a share of the estate.
She claimed to be the rightful heir following her son Mbuso’s death in June last year. Moyo said Mbuso did not have a wife or a child and accused Samuel of stealing the documents from her.
“I only heard he once had a girl child and her birth certificate does not prove she is my granddaughter. All the money at NSSA is mine because Mbuso was my son,” said Moyo who accused Samuel of trying to deny her right to the estate.
Samuel insisted his late brother, who worked as a teacher in Nkayi, had a child from a girlfriend he impregnated while at high school in 1991.
“When I received the summons I decided to look for the child, Polani Ndebele, to prove to the court that my late brother had a child. She bears her mother’s surname because she grew up in the absence of our late brother,” said Samuel who said he had since submitted the documents to lawyers.
Magistrate Victor Mpofu lashed out at Moyo and condemned her application saying Mbuso’s daughter should inherit her father’s estate.
In shock, Moyo, who was sitting in the gallery, wept before collapsing and relatives took her out of the court room.
The court session later resumed and Mpofu ordered Samuel to release the documents from the lawyers and submit them to the child for administration of the deceased estate.
“The two of you have no share in the deceased estate. It will be Polani’s decision to give you a share otherwise the law does not entitle her to,” said Mpofu.
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