• Maintenance for senior citizen (widow woman)

My father died in 2013 leaving behind 5 children and my mother is aged 85 years.And I am the last son.
My father owned a self acquired property in his name and no will was made.At present katha has been made in my mother’s name.
My brother cheated on my mother and took away all her valuable Jewellary and cash and abandoned her.
None of her children are interested to take care and provide maintenance for her.Everyone has abandoned her.Eventhough all are well settled and have finished all their responsibilities.
Presently she is living in my residence, her expenditures is increasing day to day which I cannot account as I have no sources of income and all my properties are blocked in partition case deliberately with ill intention filed by my brother on my own self acquired property.For which injunction is granted in favour of my brother and hence I cannot dispose my property.
Hence maintenance is becoming too hard as I am solely looking after her.
My questions
1. How can my mother demand for monthly maintenance from all her children (expenses of medication,care taker, house rent etc) please enlighten me with all the provisions and acts in favour of senior citizen?And procedure to proceed.
2.can she claim maintenance under Hindu succession act,maintenance and welfare of parents and senior citizens act?
3.Nobody is supporting for reverse mortgage of fathers property whose title deed is in name of my father and katha is made in name of my mother.can my mother go for reverse mortgage without children acceptance and signature?
4.Is my mother eligible for reverse mortgage as the title deed is in my fathers name and katha in name of my mother.
And children are reluctant to support her even for this step.
5.How to get back all cash and jewels from him? 3 years back police complaint was given but due to local influence he was not affected.
6.How to cancel injunction order on my properties and be able to dispose them ?
Asked 6 years ago in Property Law
Religion: Hindu

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Dear Sir,

Now the problems of Senior citizens can be resolved immediately under the latest Act i.e. Senior Citizens Act.  You please contact any of the local advocate and ask him to file necessary application before Sub Divisional Magistrate(SDO) seeking an injunction order against them and also get open the locked flats.  Few FAQ's are as follows:

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The Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act 2007

What are the important features of the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and

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Is any penalty/imprisonment is for the children who abandon their parents?

Ans. Yes, the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act 2007 contains penal provisions to discourage abandonment of parents by their children by imprisonment for a term of 3 months and a fine upto Rs. 5000/or both on the children.

What are the similarities between Cr. PC 125 and the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act 2007?

Ans. A parent can claim maintenance in the prescribed manner either from the Court under Cr. PC 125 or from the Tribunal set up under the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act 2007, if he or she is unable to maintain himself or herself. The penal provisions for enforcement of orders of maintenance under Cr.PC /Tribunal under the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act 2007 are similar.

 

What are the provisions for medical care of senior citizens provided in the Act?

Ans. The Act provides that State Government shall ensure that, the Government hospitals or hospitals funded fully or partially by the Government shall provide beds for all senior citizens as far as possible; separate queues be arranged for senior citizens; facility for treatment of chronic, terminal and degenerative diseases is expanded for senior citizens; research activities for chronic elderly diseases and ageing is expanded; there are earmarked facilities for geriatric patients in every district hospital duly headed by a medical officer with experience in geriatric care.

 

What are the provisions for protection of life and property of senior citizen provided in the Act?

Ans. The Act requires the Central Government and State Government Officers, including the police officers and the members of the judicial service, are given periodic sensitization and awareness training on the issues relating to this Act. Further, the State Government shall prescribe a comprehensive action plan for providing protection of life and property of senior citizens.

 

What are the provisions for prevention of abandonment of senior citizen provided in the Act?

Ans. The Act provides that whoever, having the care or protection of senior citizen leaves, such senior citizen in any place with the intention of wholly abandoning such senior citizen, shall be punishable with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three months or fine which may extend to five thousand rupees or with both.

 

 

Netravathi Kalaskar
Advocate, Bengaluru
4951 Answers
27 Consultations

your mother can file application before senior citizen tribunal seek maintenance of Rs 10,000 per month from her 4 children 

 

2) she can file application under senior citizen act as results are faster 

 

3) mother cannot go in for reverse mortgage without consent of her children as father died intestate 

 

4) file private complaint against brother before magistrate court under section 156(3) of cr pc as police have not filed FIR against brother for theft of her jewellery and cash 

 

5) you can appeal against injunction order 

Ajay Sethi
Advocate, Mumbai
99783 Answers
8145 Consultations

1. Mother can file an application before the Senior citizen welfare and maintenace tribunal for monthly maintenance and physical care agaisnt all children . The Senior citizen welfare and maintenace act provided for welfare of elderly citizens.

2. Senior citizen welfare and maintenace act 

3. See all children shall have right in property so for that alone mortgage cannot be made. Khata doesnot give her right of ownership.

4. Agaisnt brother mother can file a FIR in police station claiming the valuables. If police fails to act the complaint can be directly filed before magistrate 

5. See in suit properties since there is no will all children has equal rights so that at this moment cannot be canceled 

Shubham Jhajharia
Advocate, Ahmedabad
25513 Answers
179 Consultations

under section 125 Crpc the mother can file a suit before family court for claiming the maintenance from children's and Maintenance and further mother can file a case under Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007 for maintenance and welfare of parents and senior citizens.

Mohammed Mujeeb
Advocate, Hyderabad
19325 Answers
32 Consultations

Dear Sir,

Your mother can get property reversed in her name under the provisions of Senior Citizens Act. Please see FAQs as follows:

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The Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act 2007

What are the important features of the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act 2007?

Ans. The Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act 2007 envisages providing need based maintenance to the parents/grand parents from their children. Tribunals will be set up for the purpose of settling the maintenance claims of the parents in a time bound manner. Lawyers are barred from participating in the proceedings of the Tribunals at any stage.

The Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act 2007 also contains enabling provisions like protection of life and property of senior citizens, better medical facilities, setting up of old age homes in every district, etc.

What is the applicability of the Act?

Ans. The Act extends to the whole of India except the State of Jammu and Kashmir and it applies also to citizens of India outside India (Section 1(2)).

When will the Act come into force in the States?

Ans. The Act come into force in a State on such date as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint (Section 1(3)).

What is the definition of Child/children under the Act?

Ans. The Act defines "children" as son, daughter, grandson and granddaughter who are not minor.

What is the definition of Maintenance under the Act?

Ans. The "Maintenance" includes provision for food, clothing, residence and medical attendance and treatment.

What is the definition of a Senior Citizen under the Act?

Ans. A "senior citizen" means any person being a citizen of India, who has attained the age of sixty years or above.

Who are eligible for claiming maintenance under the provisions of the Act?

Ans. The Act provides that a senior citizen including parent who is unable to maintain himself from his own earning or out of the property owned by him, shall be entitled to make an application for claiming maintenance.

Kishan Dutt Kalaskar
Advocate, Bangalore
6230 Answers
499 Consultations

File application u/s 125 Cprc for maintenance.

Under welfare of parents and senior citizens act she can reclaim her valuable Jewellery and cash or file criminal case against him.

File court complain.

By recent order of supreme court, stay order vacates after six months if not extended by speaking order.

Yogendra Singh Rajawat
Advocate, Jaipur
23081 Answers
31 Consultations

She can claim under 125 CRPC application. She can demand all the aforesaid also under the senior citizens Act.

Prashant Nayak
Advocate, Mumbai
34515 Answers
249 Consultations

1.Your mother or any parents/senior citizen can file an application before the tribunal to claim maintenance from children as provided in maintenance & Welfare of Parents & Senior Citizen Act, or can also claim maintenance as per sec 125 of CrPC

2. YES

3. she cam mortgage onle her share, for complete property she requires consent of all legal hier (other children)

4. read above point

5. file a complaint in the court as per sec 156(3) Cr P C

6. contest the case,

better to consult a prominent lawyer along with relevant document, as advise, without an intensive reading of docs, is almost impossible 

  

Suneel Moudgil
Advocate, Panipat
2386 Answers
6 Consultations

1. Your mother can file a maintenance case under section 125 cr.p.c. against other brothers before a family court.

2. She can claim maintenance under section 125 cr.p.c. 

3. No, all of them have to sign as legal heirs of the deceased 

4, No.

5. The police complaint has to be followed up through court of law.

6. File a petition under order 39 rule 4 with the reasons you rely upon seeking to vacate the injunction order.

T Kalaiselvan
Advocate, Vellore
89984 Answers
2492 Consultations

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