Property Knowledge: People often have many questions regarding property. Especially when it belongs to father or father-in-law. Who can claim any property? Who can be entitled to it…. And so on.
However, with the changing times, the rules and regulations also keep getting updated. Codes are also changed according to the needs of the new era and so are the laws. There is lack of information among people regarding property related laws. Often, property related disputes also arise due to confusion and lack of information related to it. Today we will tell you what are the rights of the daughter-in-law, especially what rights she has in the in-laws’ house and property. What does the law say about this….
Everyone knows that the Security Act has given the woman the right to live at home with her husband. This right is in addition to the woman’s right to maintenance and protection from mental and physical violence. But the issue related to the wife’s rights in the husband’s property is also an important issue related to property distribution. Whether the wife has any right in the property of her husband and in-laws and what are the legal provisions related to it.
What is the legal provision?
If the person to whom the woman is married has any self-acquired property, then the rules and regulations are clear regarding this. The self-acquired property of a person, be it land, house, money, jewelery or anything else, is the sole and exclusive right of the person who has acquired the property. He can sell that property, mortgage it, write a will and even donate it to someone. All rights related to this are reserved with him.
Daughter-in-law’s right on the property of her mother-in-law
and father-in-law: Under normal circumstances, a woman has no right on the property of her mother-in-law and father-in-law. Neither while he is alive nor after his death, the woman can make any claim on his property.
After the death of the mother-in-law and father-in-law, the right in their property does not go to the woman but to the husband, but in the event of the death of the husband first and then the mother-in-law and father-in-law, the woman gets the right to the property. For this, it is necessary that the mother-in-law and father-in-law have not made a will related to the property and given it to anyone else. Even a son can live in his parents’ house only as long as the parents have permission. He cannot exercise his legal right to live in it. This is the case unless the father himself has purchased the said property.
