Indian succession laws
I am playing as a Jainist character in south of India, where I created a kingdom title with primogeniture succession. Jainist allows you to select your heir so whether it is primogeniture or ultimogeniture or whatever does not really strictly matter.
However, interesting things started happening once I inherited three kingdoms (by marrying a neighbouring queen and designating our child as the heir). She had a mixture of succession laws, some were primogeniture and some were gavelkind.
Now I thought if I change succession in all gavelkind kingdoms to ultimogeniture, my selected heir would become the heir of every kingdom. However, unexpectedly, the actual youngest child is now the heir of ultimogeniture kingdoms, while the selected heir is only the heir of kingdoms with primogeniture...
Can someone shed some light on the mechanics of Indian succession with mixed succession laws?
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Who are the legal heirs of a deceased man in India?
Class-I heirs of the deceased would be the widow, his son, his daughter, his mother, the son of a predeceased son, the daughter of predeceased son, the widow of the predeceased son, the son of a predeceased daughter, the daughter of predeceased daughter, the son of predeceased son of predeceased son, the daughter of ...Is Indian Succession Act still applicable?
In the case of intestate succession for Hindus, the Indian Succession Act, 1925 is not applicable due to the existence of the system of Hindu Undivided Family or HUF as per the Hindu Law. Thus, the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 came into existence in order to deal with the succession as per the Hindu law and culture.How is property divided after death in India?
The Indian Succession Act, 1925 mainly deals with the distribution of the property of a person after death in India. Under the Indian Succession Act, the distribution of the property after death is divided mainly into two parts, intestate succession, and testamentary succession.What is law of inheritance of property in India?
Under the property inheritance law, i.e., Hindu Succession Act, a son and daughter have the right to ancestral property by birth. A father cannot dispose of such property by excluding his rightful legal heirs. A father cannot transfer/ sell or gift such property according to his discretion to any third person.Rules of Inheritance - Intestate Succession - Hindu Law
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