TNPSC Thervupettagam

Adopted person’s legal heirship

June 22 , 2024 155 days 285 0
  • The Madras High Court has ruled that, the biological relatives of a person who had got adopted, cannot be considered as his legal heirs in order to stake a claim over the properties that he had inherited from the adoptive family.
  • Adoptions has been managed as per the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act of 1956.
  • All ties with the biological family would get severed on the day when a person gets adopted by another family.
  • Therefore, his/her biological relatives could not seek legal heirship certificate after his/her death.

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