A mother becomes a legal heir to her deceased son’s property. Hence, if a man leaves behind his mother, wife and children, they will have an equal right on his property.
According to the law, a married daughter has every right to claim a share in
her father’s property. She has as many rights as her brother or unmarried sister.
- Does the son have the right to his father’s property?
- Son is a Class I heir and has right on the father’s property.
The grandson’s right to a share in ancestral property accrues by birth itself.
Ancestral property can be partitioned via partition deed or suit for partition in the Court of Law.
Under the Hindu Succession Act, a daughter has the right to ancestral property by birth.
In father’s self-acquired property, the daughter has no birthright over it. However, if the father dies without executing a Will, the daughter can claim an equal share in the property, self-acquired as that of a son.
A self-acquired property is what the father has bought with his own money.
Under Hindu law, the property inherited up to three generations is known as ancestral property. It is a part of coparcenary property. The property descends from the father, father’s father, and great grandfather.
The heir/s include persons legally entitled to inherit property from their ancestors.