Marital status in legal heir certificate

Bhuvaneswari P (Querist) 07 September 2021 This query is : Resolved
Sirs,
My father, 84, passed away in June 2021. We got our legal heir certificate yesterday. In that, for my mother, 81, (legal wife) marital status is mentioned as "married". Is that correct or should it be "widow".
Will status "married" be misinterpreted as re-married..??

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A user inquired about the marital status listed as 'married' for their widowed mother on a legal heir certificate. The consensus is that while 'widow' might seem more appropriate, 'married' in this context refers to the legal status at the time of the deceased's passing and can generally be ignored. The certificate correctly identifies the relationship as 'wife'. If a correction is desired, it would involve a complex administrative process.

K Rajasekharan (Expert) 07 September 2021
Legal Heirship Certificate is a certificate that shows who are the legal heirs by their names and other essential details, necessary for clearly identifying them by anyone.

What should have been shown is the relation they have with the deceased, so as to make it clear that they belong to the category of legal heirs, by anyone who uses it for any purpose.

If it includes some other unnecessary details, it doesn’t make any material difference at all, as it cannot be used to prove any other thing such as the marriage status etc relating to the legal heirs.

Therefore, it seems it is better to ignore it.

But if you want a correction, you can approach the department. Since it involves gazette notification etc by the revenue department head, it would be a laborious process.

Bhuvaneswari P (Querist) 07 September 2021
Sir,
Pls 🙏 re-confirm, if it can be just ignored???

Bhuvaneswari P (Querist) 07 September 2021
Yes sir, it has a col for relationship where its correctly stated as "wife". (Name, age, relationship & Marital status are the columns)

K Rajasekharan (Expert) 07 September 2021
It can definitely be ignored.

Bhuvaneswari P (Querist) 07 September 2021
Thanq so much Sir for ur valuable response🙏

kavksatyanarayana (Expert) 07 September 2021
Agreed with the advice of Mr. Rajasekharan Sir.

Bhuvaneswari P (Querist) 07 September 2021
Thanq for re-confirming Satyanarayana sir..!

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