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Legal heirs of an intestate women
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For Hindu women (Sikh, Buddhist, Jain)
Section 14 does not differentiate between inherited and self-acquired property and includes all the property obtained through ‘inheritance or devise, or at a partition, or in lieu of maintenance or arrears of maintenance, or by gift from any person, whether a relative or not, before, at or after her marriage, or by her own skill or exertion, or by purchase or by prescription, or in any other manner, and also any such property held by her as streedhan.’
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Preference for heirs by law
In case of general property, under Section 15 (1), it shall go, in order of preference:
- a) Firstly to sons and daughters, including children of any pre-deceased son or daughter, and the husband;
- b) Next, to the heirs of the husband;
- c) Then, to the mother and father;
- d) Next, to the heirs of father; and
- e) Finally, to the heirs of mother.
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Self-acquired and inherited properties
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Christians
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Muslims
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