USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -A wife does not have any right to her husband’s Ancestral Property. Only coparceners of Hindu joint family (Mitakshra) are entitled to inherit ancestral property, and since the wife is not a coparcener in her husband’s joint family, she will not be entitled to the property.

Detailed explanation-2: -All rights and interests which any widow may by law have in her deceased husband’s estate, either by way of maintenance or by inheritance, shall, upon her second marriage cease and determined as if she had then died; and the next heirs of such deceased husband then living, shall thereupon succeed to such estate.

Detailed explanation-3: -Now, married and unmarried daughters have the same rights on their father’s property as their brothers. They are also entitled to equal duties and liabilities as their brothers. In 2005, it was also ruled that a daughter has the same rights, provided that both, father and daughter, were alive on September 9, 2005.

Detailed explanation-4: -Yes husband can claim the property; 2. Also the children of the wife can claim the property; 3.