Legal heir rights
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Anonymous
(Querist) 01 November 2025
This query is : Resolved
There is case in our family
Head of family aged 87, passes away 2 years back and his all assets were equally distributed to his wife and 6 children, 6 months back his wife also died, but before that she registered a Will at concerned Registrar Office and declared in WILL that whatever equal amount portion of share she has received in her bank account as a Heir of the Deceased, shall go in 50% portion to her one son and other remaining 50% portion will go to wife of her late Son.
Now Question arises that : her other 4 children are asking that their mother's all movable assets of FDs, market investments, jewellery (she created out of her share in family distribution ) which she left behind, shall also be distributed equally among all 6.
Kindly guide on this.
kavksatyanarayana
(Expert) 01 November 2025
During the partition by the father, she got her share, which means it is her own property. So she can give as she likes for her share. No other heirs have any right over her share.
T. Kalaiselvan, Advocate
(Expert) 03 November 2025
The mother's property either inherited or developed out of inherited property shall be her own and absolute property.
If she had bequeathed her property as per her own choice and in the manner as per her desire, the disappointed children cannot claim any share in it as a right.
