First Thing is First | Does living with your partner in a vat en sit arrangement  grant you this same right as married couples? What are the legal considerations, especially after the death of the partner?

Fans of late rapper Riky Rick have been left awe-struck after finding out that he was never officially married to the mother of his children, Bianca Naidoo. This after a report claiming that she was taking legal action in a bid to be appointed as the executor of his estate

Guest: Nthabiseng Dubazana, Director at Dubazana Attorneys

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According to a report published by Sunday World, Bianca is facing off against the Joburg Master of the High Court and Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi.

Bianca would like to have both entities recognise her as Riky Rick’s wife and grant her the role of executrix of his estate.

Judging from the motivations Bianca made in legal documents reportedly seen by the publication, the pair lived as a married couple and were so committed to each other that they never felt the need to formalise their union.

Their families chose to forego the lobola process because of the couple’s “modern way of life”.

Bianca- “Furthermore, as already stated above, the deceased and I did intend to eventually marry, however, the deceased unfortunately passed before the solemnisation of our marriage became a reality, albeit we lived our joint lives as a married couple. I have therefore been advised that I do qualify within the category of a partner ‘in a permanent life partnership in which the partners have undertaken reciprocal duties of support’,” she concluded.