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does adopted child have all rights in ancestral property?


05-Jul-2023 (In Property Law)

does an adopted child have all rights like a biological child in ancestral property? there is no proper adoption deed and papers for the adoption.

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Answer #1
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Assuming you are a Hindu , so you shall be governed by Hindu Succession Act.

So as per said Act, if  the adoption was legal though the same can not be questioned now, the adopted child from the date of adopton becomes a child with all the rights and liabilities of a natural son.

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