‘A’ a Hindu unmarried male, adopts a son ‘X’ and thereafter A gets married to ‘B’, a Hindu female. Then…
B will be the stepmother of X. Section 14(3) of the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956 treats a wife whom a bachelor marries after adopting a child as the adopted…
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‘A’ a Hindu unmarried male, adopts a son ‘X’ and thereafter A gets married to ‘B’, a Hindu female. Then the relationship between ‘B’ and ‘X’ will be
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Correct answer B
B will be the stepmother of X. Section 14(3) of the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956 treats a wife whom a bachelor marries after adopting a child as the adopted child’s stepmother.
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