What order of natural guardianship does section 7 of the Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act, 1956…
Section 7 states that natural guardianship passes on adoption to the adoptive father and after him to the adoptive mother. The question asks for the statutory sequence.
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What order of natural guardianship does section 7 of the Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act, 1956 prescribe for an adopted minor son?
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Correct answer A
Section 7 states that natural guardianship passes on adoption to the adoptive father and after him to the adoptive mother. The question asks for the statutory sequence.
Option feedback
Option A
Section 7 prescribes the adoptive father followed by the adoptive mother.
Option B
The statute gives the opposite order in its text.
Option C
Initiating the adoption is not the statutory test.
Option D
Section 7 provides for guardianship to pass on adoption.
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