Dear Client,
The Christian law of inheritance and succession is the same for men and women. A person's property is treated as self-acquired despite the mode of acquisition and during one's lifetime, nobody else can contest for it.Property rights of Christians in India is governed by the Indian Succession Act, 1925.The Christian law of inheritance and succession is the same for men and women. A person's property is treated as self-acquired despite the mode of acquisition and during one's lifetime, nobody else can contest for it.A widow cannot succeed to the property of an intestate (someone who has died without a will) if a valid contract, made before her marriage prohibits her from succeeding to a share in her husband's property. In normal cases, the property of a deceased devolves upon the wife/husband or upon the kindred.When the deceased leaves behind a widow and children, one-third of the property shall go to the widow and two-thirds to be distributed among his legal heirs.
A Christian man can legally marry a second time only upon the death of the first wife or after legally divorcing her. If he has a second wife while his first wife is still living or is not divorced, the second wife or children borne of her will have no right on the man's property. Otherwise, only the first wife and her children have the full right over it.Do note that the children of a legally divorced wife have an equal share over their father's property as that of a second wife and her children.
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