Ancestral Property - Inheritance
Posted 05-02-2008 at 08:50 PM by sarjan
What is the position of daughters when property is passed on for generations as inheritance from forefathers?
When a father passes away without leaving a will, insurance money goes to the spouse, and other property (movable/immovable) when self-earned gets divided equally among his spouse and children.
This is not so with inherited property. If such knowledge is made public through this forum, TV serials, etc. a lot of unwanted court suits can be avoided as also a lot of ill-will.
The importance of leaving a will needs to be ingrained among the public to stop ignorant people being exploited.
Education with a view to material benefits leaves a lot of educated youth ignorant of most facts of life.
Many strive hard to buy movable/immovable property and end up with their lineage fighting for possession of the same. They would do better to name the person to enjoy the benefits after their lifetime to avoid friction in the family.
Of late, daughters are facing problems with the husbands expecting a share to come by their wives' way while the brothers claim the money spent for their weddings constituted the amount of share due to them.
I read an article in very small print in a newspaper some months back about Pataudi's sister going to court for getting her right to visit her ancestral home.
This is the plight of daughters in a well educated well settled family, so what can you expect in villages where most women are uneducated and are economically dependent!!!!!!!
When a father passes away without leaving a will, insurance money goes to the spouse, and other property (movable/immovable) when self-earned gets divided equally among his spouse and children.
This is not so with inherited property. If such knowledge is made public through this forum, TV serials, etc. a lot of unwanted court suits can be avoided as also a lot of ill-will.
The importance of leaving a will needs to be ingrained among the public to stop ignorant people being exploited.
Education with a view to material benefits leaves a lot of educated youth ignorant of most facts of life.
Many strive hard to buy movable/immovable property and end up with their lineage fighting for possession of the same. They would do better to name the person to enjoy the benefits after their lifetime to avoid friction in the family.
Of late, daughters are facing problems with the husbands expecting a share to come by their wives' way while the brothers claim the money spent for their weddings constituted the amount of share due to them.
I read an article in very small print in a newspaper some months back about Pataudi's sister going to court for getting her right to visit her ancestral home.
This is the plight of daughters in a well educated well settled family, so what can you expect in villages where most women are uneducated and are economically dependent!!!!!!!
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