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Afrikaans Taak
Afrikaans Taak
Testament: 'n dokument waarin iemand reël wat met sy nalatenskap moet gebeur (uiterste
wil).
Testateur: Die man of vrou oor wie se aardse besittings daar in die testament beskik word,
word die testateur (manlik) of testatrise (vroulik) genoem. Die testateur/testatrise onderteken die
testament op elke bladsy van die testament in die teenwoordigheid van twee onafhanklike getuies in
sy/haar hoedanigheid as testateur/testarise.
Boedel: Die geheel van iemand se roerende goedere, veral dit wat iemand nalaat of
tydens bankrotskap verloor. Die bestorwe boedel is gelykop tussen die kinders verdeel.
Indien daar geen kontrak bestaan nie, sal die huweliksbedeling outomaties
binne gemeenskap van goedere wees;
Die waardes van elke gade se boedel by huweliksluiting word in hierdie
kontrak vervat;
‘n Huwelik met ‘n HVK beteken dat al die eiendom wat deur die gades besit
word voor die datum van huweliksluiting, die eiendom van die betrokke gade
sal bly;
Elke gade het volle beskikkingsreg oor sy/haar eie bates (met ander woorde
sonder vooraftoestemming van die ander), alhoewel daar ‘n plig rus op elke
gade om volgens sy/haar vermoë by te dra tot die gesamentlike
huishoudelike uitgawes;
Bates verkry in die loop van die huwelik sal slegs die uitsluitlike eiendom van
een gade bly indien die aanwasbedeling uitdruklik deur die gades uitgesluit
word.
Jay Pritzker
Jay Pritzker was the founder of hundreds of businesses, including, most
notably, the Hyatt hotel chain. In his life, he amassed a significant fortune. But
when he died in 2001, it all unraveled—both in court and across public
opinion. Despite his wealth, the Pritzker family has previously preferred to stay
out of the public eye. But this changed in 2003 when Liesel Pritzker, a 19-
year-old niece of the family, took her father and cousins to court over the
inheritance. She claimed that $1 billion was stolen from the trust fund for her
and her brother. Then, she claimed, they were supposedly kept out of a secret
agreement to sell off the family’s companies.
The legal battle divided the family for years. Even more notably, it put their
private affairs on public display. Soon, the situation became especially
unpleasant for most of the extended family—especially sons Anthony and Jay
Robert Pritzker. After two years of court proceedings, the family finally
reached a settlement with Liesel and her brother.
The young pair received roughly $560 million to walk away from it all. Not all
family members were on board with that pay-off, but the settlement brought
closure to the matter. More importantly, for some of the notoriously private
Pritzkers, it allowed them to return to a relatively anonymous life away from
prying media eyes.[5]