TITLE OF ARTICLE: Limitations on Testamentary Freedom in Nigeria
AUTHOR:
UJU OBUKA, Lecturer, Department of Public and Private Law, Faculty of Law, University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus.
ABSTRACT:
This paper examines limitations on testamentary freedom in Nigeria. The paper argues that freedom of testation however desirable it may be should not obstruct the interests of society, which require that a testator should make adequate provision for his surviving family. The paper argues further that unless the dependants merit to be disinherited, they should obtain some part of their parent’s estate despite contrary disposition by the will.