If mediation and negotiation fail to yield a resolution, the interested parties can resort to legal recourse by applying to the court. The court can be approached to request an order granting permission for the sale of the property, even without the consent of all heirs.

The executor can be anyone that the deceased person trusts, like a friend, an attorney or a family member. There are, however, a few individuals and entities that are disqualified from being an executor, including but not limited to an insolvent person, a minor child, a company, the Master of the High Court and anyone disqualified from being an executor in terms of the Act