{
  "id": 16861842,
  "title": "Father declared unworthy to inherit from late son’s R716,000 estate after 29-year absence",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/father-declared-unworthy-to-inherit-from-late-sons-r716-000-estate",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-28T06:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IOL",
    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/news/crime-and-courts/2026-10-28-father-declared-unworthy-to-inherit-from-late-sons-r716000-estate-after-29-year-absence/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg has excluded a father from inheriting his late son’s R716,070 estate, finding that he had abandoned the child and remained absent for nearly three decades.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}