• Share of married daughters

I have one elder brother n two sisters.My father wrote a will n distribute his property to me n my elder brother .he gave money to my sisters as gift deed n v have recoerd also.but my sisters r claming her shares from father ‘s self aquired property while according to will they r not authorized.i just want to know that can they ask for their shars against will? I told them about will but they r not ready to accept it .i m from punjab n my will is not registered but two witnessed is there on will .plz guide
Asked 4 years ago in Property Law
Religion: Hindu

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16 Answers

Probate validates a will whether registered or un registered. 

Mohammed Mujeeb
Advocate, Hyderabad
19299 Answers
32 Consultations

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1. Your sisters have no share in the self acquired property off father and hence if your father decides to give his self earned property to you , his dragsters can not have any say though at the time of applying for grant of probate your sister can dispute the genuineness of the same.

2.  However if your father is willing then to avoid future complications you can get a family deed of settlement in your name.

Devajyoti Barman
Advocate, Kolkata
22816 Answers
488 Consultations

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Your sister's would have no share in your father's self acquired property. The contents of the will executed by your father shall be followed. Registration of will is not mandatory. 

You should get the property mutated in your brother's and your name. 

Filing for probate of will is optional.

Siddharth Jain
Advocate, New Delhi
6303 Answers
102 Consultations

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Yes. Their names can be removed on the basis of the will.

Siddharth Jain
Advocate, New Delhi
6303 Answers
102 Consultations

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If as per will they are not authorized they will not have any right in self acquired property

Prashant Nayak
Advocate, Mumbai
31930 Answers
179 Consultations

4.1 on 5.0

Apply for probate of deceased father will 

 

2) probate is judicial proof that will is genuine 

 

3) sisters ha e no share in father property as it has been bequeathed to you and your brother 

 

4) non registration does not affect validity of will 

Ajay Sethi
Advocate, Mumbai
94695 Answers
7527 Consultations

5.0 on 5.0

Better apply for probate as your sisters are demanding equal share in property 

Ajay Sethi
Advocate, Mumbai
94695 Answers
7527 Consultations

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Get a probate of the will from district court or high court. 

Your sister are not entitled to claim any share to the property bequeathed to you by your father by will. 

Kallol Majumdar
Advocate, Kolkata
2837 Answers
14 Consultations

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Distribution of your father's self acquired property has to be done strictly in accordance with the wil..

Sisters do not have any share. 

Vibhanshu Srivastava
Advocate, Lucknow
9600 Answers
303 Consultations

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NO. Daughters don`t have any claims. And apply at sub registrar office to register the WILL. Will can be register after death of testator.

Daughters are legal heirs but disowned by father to inherit his property.

Yogendra Singh Rajawat
Advocate, Jaipur
22630 Answers
31 Consultations

4.4 on 5.0

- As per law , In the case of a self-acquired property, A father has the right to gift the property or will it to anyone he wants, and a daughter will not be able to raise an objection.

- Hence she has no legal right to claim a share in the property distributed to your elder brother and you.

- Since, the said  Will was executed in the presence of two witness, hence Registration of that WILL is not mandatory. 

- Based on the WILL , you both can apply for mutation of the property in yours name,and further you can sell the same to anyone.

- You can proceed with Probate the said property , but your sisters will not appear before the Court for giving their NOC. 

 

Good luck and dont forget to rating Positively.

Mohammed Shahzad
Advocate, Delhi
13211 Answers
198 Consultations

5.0 on 5.0

If there is will the sisters has no right in the property.See even if not registered will is valid if father has signed and there are.two attesting witness.

Shubham Jhajharia
Advocate, Ahmedabad
25514 Answers
179 Consultations

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See you can file for the probate of the will , based on probate you can transfer the property.

Shubham Jhajharia
Advocate, Ahmedabad
25514 Answers
179 Consultations

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No they cannot ask share from self acquired property against the will of your father. 

According to registration act it is not mandatory to register the will.

You need to probate the will for removing the name of your sister from intkaal of property.

Mohit Kapoor
Advocate, Rohtak
10687 Answers
7 Consultations

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They cannot claim anything against the WILL of your  father.

If WILL specify his desire unconditionally it is valid and binding on parties.

 

S Srinivasa Prasad
Advocate, Hyderabad
2876 Answers
9 Consultations

5.0 on 5.0

Dear Sir,

The Delhi Govt. has recently notified that the unregistered Will may not be considered as substantial proof of ownership for its beneficiary, until and unless the beneficiary obtains and submits a succession certificate / probate order of such unregistered Will from a competent court of law.

So if your dad has written the Will in your favour, then you can file a probate petition for the grant of succession certificate in the Court of Law and if it is proved that the Will is genuine and it's validity is not contested by anyone, then the Court will grant the probate in your favour and you shall get the shop. 

You sister's can only claim a share if the property was a coparcenary property and not a self-acquired property, but in your case it is your property registered in your fathers name which means that it is your self acquired property in your fathers name and he has drafted a will in your favour. So she cannot claim a share in the property.

Netravathi Kalaskar
Advocate, Bengaluru
4952 Answers
27 Consultations

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