When you die, you can't take anything with you. Every right you had to your stuff vanishes. Making a will helps you decide who gets what after you're gone. Think of a will as your final set of instructions about giving away everything you leave behind.
Zimbabwe has special rules about wills under their Wills Act, Chapter 6:06. The law describes a will as any document showing your final wishes. This includes spoken wills someone wrote down, additions to existing wills, and other papers stating what happens to your things. The law doesn't count marriage contracts as wills because those serve a different purpose.
Your will tells everyone exactly how you want your belongings handed out after your funeral. Before anyone follows these instructions, the Master of the High Court must approve your document as genuine. They check if you followed three basic rules when creating it. First, did you put your wishes on paper? Second, did you sign this paper yourself? Third, did at least two people watch you sign and add their names as witnesses?
If your document misses any of these requirements, the High Court might reject it completely. The law allows anyone sixteen years or older to create a valid will. The only exception applies to people whose mental state prevents them from understanding what making a will actually means. The Wills Act specifically mentions this limitation in section four.
Zimbabwe has special rules about wills under their Wills Act, Chapter 6:06. The law describes a will as any document showing your final wishes. This includes spoken wills someone wrote down, additions to existing wills, and other papers stating what happens to your things. The law doesn't count marriage contracts as wills because those serve a different purpose.
Your will tells everyone exactly how you want your belongings handed out after your funeral. Before anyone follows these instructions, the Master of the High Court must approve your document as genuine. They check if you followed three basic rules when creating it. First, did you put your wishes on paper? Second, did you sign this paper yourself? Third, did at least two people watch you sign and add their names as witnesses?
If your document misses any of these requirements, the High Court might reject it completely. The law allows anyone sixteen years or older to create a valid will. The only exception applies to people whose mental state prevents them from understanding what making a will actually means. The Wills Act specifically mentions this limitation in section four.
