- Your children from the current marriage, any from a previous marriage, including any illegitimate child and the husband
- If you don't have any children or husband then to the heirs of your husband
- Or to the heirs of your father
- Or to the heirs of your mother
But there are some loops here.
The above heirs are only for the property that you have of your own and not received from parents or husband or inlaws.
If you don't have any children and are married or unmarried and your property is from the parents, then it will go the heirs of your father and to no one else.
Similarly any property you have received from your spouse will go to the heirs of the husband in the event of no children.
Right of a Child in Womb
If your child was not born at the time of your husband's death, the baby will still have equal inheritance rights after it is born.
House: A Bone of Contention
If the property in question is a residential house resided by the family members, then you are entitled to claim a partition of the house. However, you cannot do so until the male heirs of the family decide to do so. But you can continue to reside in the house if you are unmarried or separated or widowed or divorced.
(With inputs from Mr. S K Jagdish, Family Lawyer, Mumbai High Court)












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