INTER-VIVOS DISPOSITION OF PROPERTY IN NIGERIA: PANACEA FOR ENDING FAMILY FEUD ON THE DEMISE OF THE FAMILY PROGENITOR

Abstract

This paper appraises the disposition of property in Nigeria on the death of a family progenitor. The paper finds that contrary to the general notionthat testate succession lays to rest family squabbles and conflicts on the death of their progenitor, this marks the beginning of unending crises in most families in Nigeria. Issues ranging from lack of disposing mind, undue influence, and a host of others are always relied on by the contenders. How these problems will be curtailed is the task of this paper. The paper employs doctrinal and comparative approaches.The paper recommends the actual transfer of properties while the owner is alive as the main solution to crises that erupt following the death of the family's progenitor.