• Ancestral property

I am married and having one daughter. my father got his property from mygrandfather. after the death of my father, property got transferred in the name of my mother and me. but i gifted my share in property to my mother. can my wife claim from that property.
Asked 6 years ago in Property Law
Religion: Hindu

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17 Answers

No your wife has no right on your self acquired or your inherited property. 

Shubham Jhajharia
Advocate, Ahmedabad
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Wife has no share in your property 

 

2)you are at liberty to gift property to your mother 

 

3) it should be duly stamped and registered 

Ajay Sethi
Advocate, Mumbai
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Wife can't claim ownership rights in your property at the most she can claim alimony. In this case she can't claim

Prashant Nayak
Advocate, Mumbai
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No your wife cannot claim any right over the property gifted to your mother by you because after legal transfer of property The property losses it's ancestral character and become self acquired property of the owner.

Mohit Kapoor
Advocate, Rohtak
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No your wife can not claim any share in the property.

Kallol Majumdar
Advocate, Kolkata
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Wife has no share in the property of husband.

Whether this ancestral or self acquired is of no difference either.

However the child has right of share by birth in the property of father if the same is ancestral.

So in this case even if you transfer your share in favour of your mother, your child can dispute the same in court.

Devajyoti Barman
Advocate, Kolkata
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Hi

You can gift your property to any one, but the same needs to be done after paying requisite Stamp Duty and duly Registering it before the concerned Registrar.

Your wife cannot claim right in the said property.

 

S Srinivasa Prasad
Advocate, Hyderabad
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Dear sir, 

since you have gifted your share in the property which you got through intestate succession. The property is immovable, hence the gift deed is required to be mandatory registered. Now, your  wife can not claim share from the property as of now. But after your mother, those share will be again devolving as per intestate succession. so, i would suggest you to get a will from your mother where she can transfer the whole share in your name. 

 

Hopes that solves your query. 

You can contact me for consultation. if any. 

 

Regards, 

YUGANSHU SHARMA

Yuganshu Sharma
Advocate, Delhi
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If your father had intestate succession than daughter have copercenary right.  Before her birth, you gifted the property than she dose not have.

If from grand father to father, it was not intestate succession than daughter have not.

Yogendra Singh Rajawat
Advocate, Jaipur
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31 Consultations

your wife has no share in said property even if it is self acquired or ancestral. 

Mohammed Mujeeb
Advocate, Hyderabad
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32 Consultations

Your share of the property inherited from your father is your own and absolute property, hence you can dispose the same in any manner to anyone of your choice.

Neither your wife nor your children can claim any share in it as a right.

 

T Kalaiselvan
Advocate, Vellore
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2506 Consultations

Property is inherited up to you intestate and on the birth your child, property has acquired ancestral status. Child have claim in it but not wife.

You can gift only your share. You can gift the full share, but that can be challenge by child if not minor or by your wife on child behalf. 

Yogendra Singh Rajawat
Advocate, Jaipur
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31 Consultations

it is not ancestral property 

 

2) property which has remained undivided for four generations is ancestral property 

 

3) you are at liberty to execute gift deed in favour of mother 

Ajay Sethi
Advocate, Mumbai
99977 Answers
8160 Consultations

Property inherited up to four generations of male lineage, which means father, grandfather, great grandfather and great-great grand father is called ancestral property. You are at liberty you can gift said property share to your mother without consent of your wife and children's. 

Mohammed Mujeeb
Advocate, Hyderabad
19373 Answers
32 Consultations

No your wife can't raise objection she can only have right after your death

Prashant Nayak
Advocate, Mumbai
34661 Answers
249 Consultations

No it is not ancestral property.  You are absolute owner of your share and you can make gift deed for same . No objection against  gift or transfer Is maintainable.

Shubham Jhajharia
Advocate, Ahmedabad
25513 Answers
179 Consultations

No this is not ancestral property, it becomes your father's own and absolute proeprty since ther was a proper partition among the siblings and his share of property was under his possession and enjoyment till his death.

As your father is reported to have died intestate, the properties left behind by him shall devolve equally on his own legal heirs consisting his wife and children.

Therefore if you want to transfer your share in the property to your mother's name, you can execute a registered release deed in her favor relinquishing your rights in the property.

 Neither your wife nor your children can raise any objection towards the action of transferring your share in the property to your mother's name.

They dont have any rights in your share of property.

 

T Kalaiselvan
Advocate, Vellore
90179 Answers
2506 Consultations

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