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My Father has died without any will. Now we have my mother, 1 brother 1 sister and me. We all three are married.
1) Mother lives with me and i take care her by mean all financial/non financial.
2) Brother has been living separate after marriage (Father was alive at that time). However we dont have any legal document that my elder Brother separated from us.

My mother wants to give the property to me.
Please advise in this case how the property distribution will happen legally.
Asked 7 years ago in Property Law
Religion: Hindu

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13 Answers

Hi, as per Hindu sucession act the share of property is equally with all the spouses , if your mother is willing , she can only transfer her share that she inherited in your name

Hemant Chaudhary
Advocate, Gurgaon
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1.as per Hindu sucession act the share of property is equally with all the spouses ,

2.if your mother is willing , she can only transfer her share that she inherited in your name

Dimple Jain
Advocate, Jodhpur
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You rmother can execute gift deed for her one fourth share in property in your favour

Gift deed should be duly stamped and registered

Ajay Sethi
Advocate, Mumbai
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8145 Consultations

Dear Sir,

When a person passes away without creating a Will, the property of the person is distributed as per the inheritance law applicable to the deceased person. Hence, when a person passes away without a Will, it is called intestate succession. Hence be kindly be read the following law of the land.

The property of a Hindu male dying intestate is distributed among his heirs in accordance with section 8and 9 of The Hindu Succession Act, 1956. As per these the property of a Hindu dying intestate devolves upon his heirs of Class I who take the property to the exclusion of all other heirs. But what if there are more than one Class I heirs among whom the property of the deceased devolves? What rules are to be followed in such devolution. Section 10 of the Act lays down the rules to be followed in such cases. Section 10 provides as under:

Distribution of property among heirs in class I of the Schedule: The property of an intestate shall be divided among the heirs in class I of the Schedule in accordance with the following rules:-

Rule 1.-The intestate’s widow, or if there are more widows than one, all the widows together, shall take one share.

Rule 2.-The surviving sons and daughters and the mother of the intestate shall each take one share.

Rule 3.-The heirs in the branch of each pre-deceased son or each pre-deceased daughter of the intestate shall take between them one share.

Rule 4.-The distribution of the share referred to in Rule 3-

(i) among the heirs in the branch of the pre-decease son shall be so made that his widow (or widows together), and the surviving sons and daughters get equal portions ; and the branch of his pre-deceased sons gets the same portion;

(ii) among the heirs in the branch of the pre-deceased daughter shall be so made that the surviving sons and daughters get equal portions.

Rule 1: The intestate’s widow, or if there are more widows than one, all the widows together, shall take one share.

Suppose A, a Hindu, dying intestate at the time of his death is survived by two windows and a son. A was the owner of one house. Now as per the rule, heirs in Class I shall take the property simultaneously and to the exclusion of all others. And in the above case all are Class I heirs. But two of them are widows of A. Therefore, as per the provisions of Rule 1 of section 10, both the widows of A shall take one-half share in the house of A and the other half shall go to A’s son. Hence the property of A by virtue of the above rule would be divided in only two parts and not three as all the widows together are entitled to only one part by virtue of Rule 1 of section 10. However, among themselves, both the widows shall inherit equally and one-half of the portion of A’s house that they are entitled to shall be divided equally among them. Therefore share of A’s son in A’s house upon A’s death shall be one-half while the share of each widow of A shall be one-fourth.

Similarly if in the above example A is survived by three widows and three sons, the house of A upon A’s death shall be divided in four equal parts. Three parts, i.e. one part each shall be inherited by each son while the fourth part shall be inherited equally by the three widows.

However, if at the time of A’s death he is survived by only two widows, both of them shall inherit the house of A equally, i.e. both of them shall be entitled to one-half share, there being no other Class I heir.

Rule 2: The surviving sons and daughters and the mother of the intestate shall each take one share.

A, a Hindu male dies intestate and is survived by his mother, two widows, two sons and two daughters. Now reading both Rule 1 and Rule 2 together, it becomes clear that the property of A shall be divided in 6 parts. Each daughter shall inherit one part. So shall each son. There being two sons and two daughters surviving A, each shall inherit one part. Hence, four parts of the property shall be distributed among A‘s four sons and daughters. Of the remaining two parts, A’s mother alone shall be entitled to one part and by virtue of Rule 1, both the widows of A shall be together entitled to one part.

Rule 3: The heirs in the branch of each pre-deceased son or each pre-deceased daughter of the intestate shall take between them one share.

A, a Hindu male dying intestate, is survived by one widow, one son, one daughter and two grandsons from one predeceased son, i.e. a son who had already expired at the time of A’s death. Now A’s widow shall take one share of A’s property. One share each shall be taken by A’s surviving son and daughter. As far as A’s grandsons are concerned, by virtue of Rule 3, they shall together take one share as they are the heirs of A’s predeceased son. Therefore, A’s property on his death shall be divided in 4 parts. The one part inherited by A’s two grandsons from a predeceased son shall be divided equally among them. Here it may be mentioned that the position of the heirs of the deceased’s predeceased sons is similar to the deceased’s widows. Deceased’s widows, irrespective of their number are entitled to only one share in the property of the deceased. Similarly irrespective of the number of Class I heirs of a predeceased son of a deceased, they all together take one share. Here even if the widow of A’s predeceased son was alive, even then she would have inherited together with her two sons only one part of A’s property.

Rule 4 (i): The distribution of the share referred to in Rule 3-

(i) among the heirs in the branch of the pre-decease son shall be so made that his widow (or widows together), and the surviving sons and daughters get equal portions ; and the branch of his pre-deceased sons gets the same portion;

(ii) [Explained in next point]

Rule 4(i) deals with distribution of the share that the branch of a deceased’s predeceased son is entitled to on the deceased’s death. As mentioned above, the branch of the predeceased son of a male Hindu dying intestate gets one share in the deceased’s property. That one share is to be distributed among the heirs of that predeceased son in accordance with this Rule.

Thus if A’s predeceased son had two widows and two sons, then at the time of A’s death, they all together would have inherited just one part of A’s property. Among themselves however, the distribution of this one share shall be made in accordance with this rule. Hence the one part that they have inherited shall be divided in three equal parts – one part each to the two sons of A’s predeceased son and one part to the two widows of A’s predeceased son. Here if A’s predeceased son say B, had along with his two widows and two sons also got another son C who had already predeceased B and on his death was survived by one widow and one son, then the one part of A’s property that B’s branch inherits shall be divided into 4 parts – one part each to his two surviving sons, one part to his two widows and one part to the branch of his predeceased son C.

Rule 4(ii):

The distribution of the share referred to in Rule 3-

(i) [Explained in point above]

(ii) among the heirs in the branch of the pre-deceased daughter shall be so made that the surviving sons and daughters get equal portions.

This rule deals with the distribution of the share of property of a Hindu male dying intestate that devolves under Rule 3 upon the branch of his predeceased daughter. Now as per Rule 4(ii), this distribution shall be so made that that the surviving sons and daughters of the predeceased daughter get equal portions. Therefore, if A, a Hindu male dying intestate is survived by a widow and a grandson and granddaughter from a predeceased daughter B, then A’s property upon his death shall be divided in two parts- one part to his widow and one part to B’s branch. The part inherited by B’s branch shall be divided equally between B‘s son and daughter.

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Netravathi Kalaskar
Advocate, Bengaluru
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It will be distributed between all of you equally.

Abhilasha Wanmali
Advocate, Nagpur
1021 Answers
1 Consultation

1. on death of your father intestate his properties are liable for distribution in equal shares among 4 of you in undivided 1/4th share each.

2. Now any of the co sharers like your mother can very well transfer her share to any of you .

3. So if your mother is so wiling she can gift her 1/4th share in the property to you to make 1/2 share holder in the property.

4. Make a registered partition deed to demarcate your respective shares and for separate possession

Devajyoti Barman
Advocate, Kolkata
23653 Answers
537 Consultations

after demise of your father, his property went to you, your mother, brother and sister equally automatically as your father died without any will. so your mother can gift her one fourth share to you without any hassle.

Manish Paul
Advocate, Kolkata
287 Answers
2 Consultations

After the death of your father, if he died without a Will, then the property will devolve amongst all legal heir.

So in case your father did not have a Will, you, your mother and other siblings will be legal heir.

Without consent of all legal heir property cannot transfer.

Mohammed Mujeeb
Advocate, Hyderabad
19325 Answers
32 Consultations

1. Legally your mother, and all 3 siblings will have equal share.

Mother can make a registered relinquishment deed in your favour, the relinquishment deed has to be registered and stamp duty has to be paid.

Shubham Jhajharia
Advocate, Ahmedabad
25513 Answers
179 Consultations

1. Since your father passed away intestate his property has devolved through intestate succession on his widow and all children equally. The share of every heir is 1/4th.

2. As a corollary to above, your mother can gift or bequeath only her 1/4th share in your favour, not beyond it. It is basic law that nobody can convey a title better than his own title.

Ashish Davessar
Advocate, Jaipur
30840 Answers
981 Consultations

1. father's property will go to widow and children

2. your mother has 1/4th share only

3. so she cannot gift more than 1/4th

4. she can only gift you her 1/4th such that you become owner of 50%

5. balance 50% will be held equally between your siblings

6. it does not matter that your brother was living separately

7. the fact that you were taking care of your mother's needs financially and otherwise, does not mean that that will disentitle your brother and sister from their shares

Yusuf Rampurawala
Advocate, Mumbai
7899 Answers
79 Consultations

Dear client,

Property will disribute by 1/4th share each. Your mother give her share to you by executing release deed.

Yogendra Singh Rajawat
Advocate, Jaipur
23079 Answers
31 Consultations

If the property belonged to your father and he is reported to have died intestate then the property shall devolve equally on all his legal heirs which includes your mother, yourself and your siblings.

Therefore your mother has no right to transfer the entire property to your name, she can transfer only her share in the property to your name.

T Kalaiselvan
Advocate, Vellore
89977 Answers
2492 Consultations

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