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Section 29 of the Law of Succession Act, defines the term “dependant” by identifying the categories of persons who in law are deemed to be dependants.
- The wife or wives and former wife or wives of the deceased.
- Children of the deceased.
- Parents, grandparents and step parents as were being maintained by the deceased before death.
- Grand children, step children and children whom the deceased had taken into hi family as his own as were being maintained by the deceased before death.
- Brothers and sisters who were being maintained by the deceased.
- The husband if he was being maintained by his wife before her death.
- Half brothers and half sisters who were being maintained by the deceased before
death.
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