what to do with will

Querist : Anonymous (Querist) 27 April 2011 This query is : Resolved
Sir / Madam

My father passed away on september 5 2010. He has left a will made with a help of a lawyer in our neigbourhood. The will is not registered. In the will the property(house) has been divided between me and my brother. Although everything is ok as of now but everybody around is asking us that we should take some action on the will. I need to know what has to be done with the will. The words being used is probate the will, mutation, family settlement etc of which I have no clue. I need expert advise on the action that needs to be taken as also if there is a time limit for the same. Our mother is still alive. She is also of the opinion that whatever needs to be done should be done so that there are no quarrel / issue later or if anything happens to me or the brother or her. I also need to know about the property tax on the house. Should we pay it on the name of my deceased father or wait and get the property divided in the 2 names and pay the tax for our portions.
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Guest (Expert) 27 April 2011
you can enter the mutation in the name of the persons named in the will and then the revenue record or the municipal record is amended with these mutation then you can deposit the separate taxes for the houses. so go to the officer of the revenue or the municipal department and enter the record of will

adv. rajeev ( rajoo ) (Expert) 27 April 2011
you can file an application before the concerned authority along with the copy of the will to get enter your names to the properties.
Whether the properties are ancestral or self acquired of your father?

R.Ramachandran (Expert) 27 April 2011
First you have to indicate where the property is situated. Then only it will be possible to say whether Probate of the WILL is to be taken or not.