Legal Question in Wills and Trusts in India

All the legal heirs in the first order will share equally. Means mother, brothers and sisters.

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14.03.2014

Dear Sir / Madam,

Central Government Act

Section 10 in The Hindu Succession Act, 1956 reads :

10. Distribution of property among heirs in class I of the Schedule. The property of an intestate shall be divided among the heirs in class I of the Schedule in accordance with the following rules:-

Rule 1.- The intestate' s widow, or if there are more widows than one, all the widows together, shall take one share.

Rule 2.- The surviving sons and daughters and the mother of the intestate shall each take one share.

Rule 3.- The heirs in the branch of each pre- deceased son or each pre- deceased daughter of the intestate shall take between them one share.

Rule 4.- The distribution of the share referred to in Rule 3--

(i) among the heirs in the branch of the pre-deceased son shall be so made that his widow (or widows together), and the surviving sons and daughters get equal portions; and the branch of his pre- deceased sons gets the same portion;

(ii) among the heirs in the branch of the pre- deceased daughter shall be so made that the surviving sons and daughters get equal portions.

Regards,