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129) as well as altering the customary law of succession. See id.
[FN151]. See id.
[FN152]. Id.
[FN153]. Intestate Succession Law, P.N.D.C. L. 111 (1985) (Ghana), § 1. A person dies intestate
if he or she did not have a valid will at the time of his or her death disposing of his or her
property. See id. § 2(1).
[FN154]. Id. § 2(2).
[FN155]. For a discussion of wills, see infra notes 190-91 and accompanying text.
[FN156]. Intestate Succession Law, P.N.D.C. L. 111 (1985) (Ghana), § 1(2); Memorandum, at ii.
[FN157]. Okali, supra note 47, at 15.
[FN158]. Id.
[FN159]. Id.
[FN160]. Ghana: A Country Study, supra note 47, at 92.
[FN161]. Section 3 provides: “Where the intestate is survived by a spouse or child or both, the
spouse or child of both of them ... shall be entitled absolutely to the household chattels.” Intestate
Succession Law, P.N.D.C. L. 111 (1985) (Ghana), § 3.
[FN162]. Id. § 18.
[FN163]. Id. § 4; Memorandum, at ii (interpreting § 4).
[FN164]. H.J.A.N. Mensa-Bonsu, The Intestate Succession Law in Ghana: Practical Problems in
Application, Jahrbuch fur afrikanisches Recht Bd. 8 (1994) S. 105, 118-19.
[FN165]. The Children's Act, Act 560 (1998), § 125 (amending definition of child included in §
18 of Law 111).
[FN166]. If a child has predeceased the intestate and is survived by a child, who would be the
intestate's grandchild, and that grandchild is dependent upon the intestate at the time of the
intestate's death, the grandchild shall be entitled to his or her parent's portion. Intestate
Succession Law, P.N.D.C. L. 111 (1985) (Ghana), § 16.
[FN167]. Id. § 5.
[FN168]. Id.; The Children's Act, Act 560 (1998), § 125 (amending § 5 of Law 111). Section 10