Is a wife entitled to half my house?

Is a wife entitled to half my house?

Can my wife/husband take my house in a divorce/dissolution? Whether or not you contributed equally to the purchase of your house or not, or one or both of your names are on the deeds, you are both entitled to stay in your home until you make an agreement between yourselves or the court comes to a decision.

Can a father gives all his property to one child?

A father cannot freely give the ancestral property to one son. In Hindu law, the ancestral property can be gifted only under certain situations like distress or for pious reasons. Otherwise, the ancestral property cannot be given away to one child to the exclusion of all others.

Who has rights on Grandfather property?

If the properties were self-acquired and your grandfather passed away intestate, the properties will be divided as per the Hindu Succession Act, with preference to Class I legal heirs. If the properties were ancestral, all the legal heirs will have a right to it by birth.

Can grandson claim rights in grandfather’s ancestral property?

Property Inherited From Father A grandson, on the other hand, has a right to inherit his grandfather’s property since birth. A father can exclude his child from his self-acquired property, but a grandson cannot be excluded from his grandfather’s property if the property is ancestral.

Can father sold ancestral property without consent of successors?

No, ancestral property be cannot be sold without consent of successors in case of major and in in case of minority you might have to take permission from the court. And if property disposed without consent can be reclaimed.

How ancestral property is divided?

The shares within the ancestral property are first determined for each and every generation and divided for the next generation. Moreover, properties acquired from mother, grandmother, uncle, or even brother are not the ancestor properties. And property inherited by will and gift also is not ancestral property.