Does probate is must for will?

So, instead of approaching a lawyer in your area to take care of yourr matter, you will be discussing and debating the matter here, in spite of having a stay order against you.

No probate is necessary.

It is always better to discus before hand and become properly informed and avoid acting on one's own in the matter that is one not well versed with.

Mor so in case of Legal matters, court Cases.

It is believed that you are all Hindu.

Was the WILL submitted to O/o Authority under whose jurisdiction property falls?

If yes, was it acted upon without any cloud on it?

As per your post probably the testator/owner signed and registered the WILL in year 2010 and died in the same year. Is it!

The daughters are married or unmarried.

The property disposed by WILL is self acquired/earned/absolute or share in ancestral property…

 Confirm!

It is mandatory to probate the WILL in the area of Bombay, Calcutta, and Madras.

It is no mandatory to probate the WILL in other areas.

It is not mandatory to register the WILL.

The WILL should just be valid. Unregistered WILL can also be acted upon.

The registered WILL fetches better reliance and is not easily set aside atleast on counts of authenticity.

The authority under whose jurisdiction property falls has a set procedure for such matters if the WILL has surfaced; Testate Succession…….and the prescribed forms, procedure, process is available in O/o Authority and even on website.

Certified copies of the WILL, death certificate, legal heir certificate/affidavit (per local procedure/precedence) are basic requirements.

The authority may ask for NOC from legal heirs (other than beneficiary) and/or to release newspaper advt and/or may write to legal heirs to submit their objections if any within set time. Check locally and comply with procedure. If there is NO contest to the WILL by any legal heir then authority shall act upon the WILL without any cloud on it and transfer the ownership in the name of beneficiary.

Any WILL can be contested; registered or unregistered. If WILL is contested it lands up in probate court of pecuniary jurisdiction and court shall decide on merits. In simple words the valid WILL has to surface so that IT can be acted upon. Assuming that the registered WILL has not surfaced so far/ or is not submitted to O/o Authority under whose jurisdiction property falls; the succession is o set in. Succession opens on date of death of owner.

If WILL is not submitted to be acted upon then it becomes matter of succession per personal law that applies. Although it is wrong since the WILL exists and the executor/beneficiary should act in time avoiding delay. The delay arouses suspicion.

In case of Hindu woman nature and source of property matters and sons, daughters have 1st right for equal share……….

If WILL has not surfaced then legal heirs of the deceased have a right of inheritance…………and you can cultivate their share against their wishes or without their consent.