Under the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956, where a Hindu who has a wife living adopts a…
HAMA section 14(1) deems the living wife to be the adoptive mother when her Hindu husband adopts. Section 14(2) separately deals with a valid adoption consented to by more…
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Under the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956, where a Hindu who has a wife living adopts a child, that wife is called:
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HAMA section 14(1) deems the living wife to be the adoptive mother when her Hindu husband adopts. Section 14(2) separately deals with a valid adoption consented to by more than one wife: the seniormost in marriage is the adoptive mother and the others are step-mothers. That is a separate fact pattern, not stated here.
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