• Succession of father's self acquired property

My father died intestate leaving 6 self acquired properties. He is survived by his wife, son, daughter, mother and father. In the event that all his properties are self acquired, I have 2 questions
1. How is the succession decided from self acquired property
2. If my father's mother has a claim in the self acquired property of my father, can my father's siblings stake claim in the share of my grandmother after her lifetime.
Asked 5 years ago in Property Law
Religion: Hindu

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16 Answers

on demise of father your grand mother , mother , son , daughter have equal share in property 

 

2) your grand father has no share in property 

 

3) on demise of grand mother her share would devolve on your father siblings , legal heirs of predeceased son 

Ajay Sethi
Advocate, Mumbai
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5.0 on 5.0

1. The class 1 heirs of a Hindu male dying intestate are his mother, widow and children.

2. In your case his properties have devolved through intestate succession on you, your mother, sister and your grandmother, each one of whom has a 1/4th share in the property.

3. Your father's siblings have no share whatsoever in his properties during the lifetime of your grandmother, but if she too dies intestate then her share will devolve on her children (including children of pre-deceased children) through intestate succession.

4. The division of property can take place amicably by executing a partition deed. 

Ashish Davessar
Advocate, Jaipur
30763 Answers
972 Consultations

5.0 on 5.0

Your father's self-acquired properties shall be distributed equally among: your grandmother, mother, your sister and yourself. All of you shall get one-fourth share. Your grandfather will not be entitled to any.

After your grandmother's lifetime, her legal heirs shall inherit her estate.

Swaminathan Neelakantan
Advocate, Coimbatore
2794 Answers
20 Consultations

4.9 on 5.0

Hi,

In case of succession, there will be share of father, mother, son daughter and wife in equal parts i.e. 20% each to all. In the share obtained by mother or father through this succession, siblings of your father will have no right.

Ganesh Singh
Advocate, New Delhi
6757 Answers
16 Consultations

4.5 on 5.0

Dear Client,

Wife, son, daughter and mother will inherit his properties equally i.e. 1/4th each, father has no inheritance right. If your grand mother dies intestate than her share will inherit in her children. So ask you grand mother to either execute release deed in you/your family favor or execute WILL so that after her demise, your father property(1/4th) stay with your family only.

Yogendra Singh Rajawat
Advocate, Jaipur
22630 Answers
31 Consultations

4.4 on 5.0

Dear Sir,

After the death of your father it naturally devolves on the following formula

Section 8 in The Hindu Succession Act, 1956

  1. General rules of succession in the case of males.—The property of a male Hindu dying intestate shall devolve according to the provisions of this Chapter—

(a) firstly, upon the heirs, being the relatives specified in class I of the Schedule;

(b) secondly, if there is no heir of class I, then upon the heirs, being the relatives specified in class II of the Schedule;

(c) thirdly, if there is no heir of any of the two classes, then upon the agnates of the deceased; and

(d) lastly, if there is no agnate, then upon the cognates of the deceased.

 Hindu Succession Act, 1956 THE SCHEDULE [Section 8]

HEIRS IN CLASS I AND CLASS II

CLASS I

Son; daughter; widow; mother; son of a pre-deceased son; daughter of a pre-deceased son; son of a pre-deceased daughter; daughter of a pre-deceased daughter; widow of a pre-deceased son; son of a pre-deceased son of a pre-deceased son; daughter of a pre-deceased son of a pre-deceased son; widow of a pre-deceased son of a pre-deceased son.

CLASS II

1. Father.

II (1) Son’s daughter’s son, (2) son’s daughter’s daughter, (3) brother, (4) sister.

III (1) Daughter’s son’s son, (2) daughter’s son’s daughter, (3) daughter’s son, (4) daughter’s daughter’s daughter.

(1) Brother’s son, (2) sister’s son, (3) brother’s daughter, (4) sister’s daughter.

Father’s father; father’s mother.

VI.. Father’s widow; brother’s widow.

VII. Father’s brother; father’s sister.

VIII. Mother’s father; mother’s mother.

Mother’s brother; mother’s sister.

Explanation : In this Schedule, references to a brother or sister do not include references to a brother or sister by uterine blood.

 

Netravathi Kalaskar
Advocate, Bengaluru
4952 Answers
27 Consultations

4.8 on 5.0

It will be distributed equally among all heirs in this case. 

Prashant Nayak
Advocate, Mumbai
31930 Answers
179 Consultations

4.1 on 5.0

If it is acquired out of his earnings then he is empowered to dispose off the properties to anyone . 

Regards 

G.Rajaganapathy 

High Court of Madras 

Rajaganapathy Ganesan
Advocate, Chennai
2132 Answers
8 Consultations

4.9 on 5.0

1. In the same manner, at par with the ancestral property. All the legal heirs will get equal share as per the hindu Succession Act

2. Yes they can stake claim 

Anilesh Tewari
Advocate, New Delhi
18078 Answers
377 Consultations

5.0 on 5.0

1. property will devolve on mother, widow and children equally

2. the children of grandmother can make a claim in the share she received on inheritance from your father, provided that share was not disposed of by her in her lifetime or she has not left any Will for such share

Yusuf Rampurawala
Advocate, Mumbai
7509 Answers
79 Consultations

5.0 on 5.0

Dear Client,

Your father may transfer his property by way of will to body. 

Your father's sibling may claim if the property of your father is transferred to your grand mother. 

Jaswant Singh
Advocate, Gurugram
929 Answers
2 Consultations

4.8 on 5.0

1. See you along with your siblings mother and grandmother shall have equal share in property as per hindu succession act.

2. Yes they can stake claim in her share if she fail to gift or will it to your family.

Shubham Jhajharia
Advocate, Ahmedabad
25514 Answers
179 Consultations

5.0 on 5.0

After the death of your father, if he died without a Will, then the property will devolve amongst all legal heir class1 i.e  Wife, mother, sons, daughters.

After your grandmother's her legal heirs shall inherit her estate.

Mohammed Mujeeb
Advocate, Hyderabad
19299 Answers
32 Consultations

4.7 on 5.0

Dear client 

The succession of your father self acquired property will be decided by Hindu succession act

And according to Hindu succession act the property of deceased person will be divided among class 1 heirs in equal share. 

And class 1 heirs includes Mother,Wife and Children of the deceased person so the property of your father will be divided in four equal parts and divided among wife, Mother and two children equally. 

And answer for your second  is that yes her share will be divided among her legal heirs that is other children also. According to Hindu succession act 

And if she writes her will about the property then it will be distributed according to the will.

Mohit Kapoor
Advocate, Rohtak
10687 Answers
7 Consultations

5.0 on 5.0

1. In case of intestate succession all the class 1 legal heirs I would have equal share in the self acquired property of the deceased person.

In this case wife, children and mother would have equal share.

 

2. Yes

Siddharth Jain
Advocate, New Delhi
6303 Answers
102 Consultations

5.0 on 5.0

1. Upon your father's intestate death all his properties shall devolve on all his legal heirs consisting his wife, children and mother.

2. 2.  Your father's mother being a legal heir to your father, is very much entitled to her legitimate share in the properties left behind by your father.

If your grandmother did not transfer the properties so acquired during lifetime to any other person, then after her death her share of properties shall revert to the other  legal heirs of your father

T Kalaiselvan
Advocate, Vellore
84895 Answers
2190 Consultations

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