Under the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956, what happens on a valid adoption to property that…
Section 12 proviso (b) preserves property that vested in the child before adoption. The property remains subject to ownership obligations, which can include an obligation to…
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Under the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956, what happens on a valid adoption to property that had already vested in the child?
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Correct answer C
Section 12 proviso (b) preserves property that vested in the child before adoption.
The property remains subject to ownership obligations, which can include an obligation to maintain relatives in the birth family.
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Option A
Section 12 does not make the adoptive father's consent a route to divest the child's already vested property.
Option B
Proviso (b) preserves property already vested in the child.
Option C
Proviso (b) preserves vested property and the obligations attached to its ownership.
Option D
The Act does not transfer the child's already vested property to the adoptive parents merely by adoption.
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