Which person is excluded from the category of ‘son’ in Class I of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956, in…
Class I lists a son of the deceased. A validly adopted son has that legal status. A stepson whose only relationship is through the deceased’s marriage to his parent is…
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Which person is excluded from the category of ‘son’ in Class I of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956, in relation to a male Hindu who dies intestate?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer A
Class I lists a son of the deceased. A validly adopted son has that legal status. A stepson whose only relationship is through the deceased’s marriage to his parent is excluded.
Option feedback
Option A
Marriage to the child’s parent alone does not make the child a son of the deceased for Class I succession.
Option B
A valid adoption gives the child the legal status of a child of the adoptive parent.
Option C
The end of an earlier marriage does not remove the status of a son born to the deceased in that marriage.
Option D
A son born to the deceased in his marriage is a Class I son.
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