As a daughter, a wife or a mother, why you must stay up to date about your inheritance rights?

Wife

A Hindu wife, being a class I heir, has an equal right to her deceased husband’s property, along with children and the husband’s mother. A married Hindu woman also has exclusive rights to her individual property. She is the sole owner and manager of her assets whether these are earned, inherited or gifted during the wedding (streedhan).

A Muslim wife without any children is entitled to one-fourth share of her husband’s property, but those with kids get one-eighth the share. In case of divorce, her parental family has to provide maintenance after the iddat period (about three months).

Daughter

Under the Hindu Succession Act, 2005, a daughter has the same right to her father’s property, both self-acquired and ancestral, as the son.

Among Muslims, the son gets double the share of a daughter in the father’s property. In the absence of a son, she gets half the share of inheritance. If there’s more than one daughter, they receive two-thirds of the inheritance.

Mother

Since the mother is also a class I heir, she is entitled to receive an equal share of property of her predeceased son like other surviving, entitled, legal heirs.

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