Court hears claims of mental incapacity in dispute over will case

THE grandson of a deceased claimed that a second will his grandmother had made, in which she had disinherited him, was a forgery as, according to him, her fingerprint which was used to sign the will was “forced” on the document.

- ZELDA VENTER

Lerato Dyantyi (applicant) told the Circuit Court, sitting in Thembalethu, south of George, that his grandmother was also not of sound mind when she was said to have changed her will in 2020. In this will her two sons, his uncles, are the sole beneficiaries of her estate.

In a will drawn-up by her in 2017, he is named the sole beneficiary. He asked the court to accept this as being her true wishes.

Dinah Dyantyi died in September 2022. The applicant resided on the property with his grandmother, which forms part of her estate.

In terms of the will, the deceased’s sons, Trevor and Theo Dyantyi inherit the estate, in equal shares, including the property.