MY FATHER-IN-LAW EXPIRED SUDDENLY 4 MONTHS BACK.MY MOTHER-IN-LAW HAD EXPIRED ALREADY 5 YEARS BACK.NOW MY WIFE, HER YOUNGER SISTER & THEIR ELDER BROTHER ARE ONLY LEFT.
MY BROTHER-IN-LAW TOLD MY WIFE NO "WILL" WRITTEN BY MY FATHER-IN-LAW HAS BEEN FOUND Y HIM. HOWEVER WE SUSPECT THIS FACT AS HE WAS A PERSON WHO USED TO KEEP ALL HIS DOCUMENTS UPTO DATE.
MY BROTHER-IN-LAW TILL DATE HAS NOT TOLD ANYTHIING TO HIS SISTERS ABOUT OTHER ASSETS LEFT BY THEIR PARENTS, WHETHER IN BANK ACCOUNTS, PROPERTIES, JEWELLERY ETC.HE HAS VERBALLY TOLD YOUNGER SISTERS ABOUT FEW OF PROPERTIES THAT THOSE ARE IN HIS NAME.FOR ONE BALANCE PLOT HE IS SILENT SO FAR(WE ARE NOT SURE IF HIS VERSION IS CORRECT OR HE IS HIDING SOMETHING AS WE HAVE NOT SEEN ANY PAPERS SO FAR).
FURTHER NOW HE TOLD MY WIFE HE NEEDS HER SIGNATURES ON SOME DOCUMENT KNOWN AS "RELINQUISHMENT DEED" SO THAT HE & HIS UNCLE(MY FATHER-IN-LAW'S YOUNGER BROTHER) WHO ARE STAYING WITH THEIR ANCESTRAL HOUSE CAN SELL IT & MOVE TO OTHER PLACE.
ALSO HE & THEIR UNCLE ARE IN FAMILY BIZ FOR WHICH MY FATHER-IN-LAW WAS ALSO ONE OF MAJOR PARTNER & ONE OF ORIGINAL FOUNDER.
IN VIEW OF THIS BACKGROUND I HAVE FEW QUERIES:
1)DOES MY WIFE & HIS SISTER HAVE ANY RIGHTS ON ASSETS(ANCESTRAL HOUSE, FAMILY BIZ, FIRM/FIRM ASSETS, JEWELLERY- BANK ACCOUNTS DEPOSITS OF MY PARENTS-IN-LAWS)OF MY PARENTS-IN-LAWS ON WHICH THEY CAN CLAIM THERE SHARE AS WELL TO THEIR BROTHER?
2)IN VIEW OF ABSENCE OF "WILL"WHAT IS PROCEDURE INVOLVED?
3)IF THEIR BROTHER TRIES TO MAKE SOME FAKE "WILL" , CAN IT BE CHALLENGED & IS IT NOT CRIMINAL OFFENCE?
4)WHAT IS PROCEDURE INVOLVED FOR "SUCCESSION CERTIFICATE" ?
5)WHAT ARE CONTENTS OF "RELIQUISHMENT DEED" & WHAT ARE RIGHTS OF DAUGHTERS LEFT ONCE IT IS SIGNED BY THEM?
6)CAN DAUGTHERS PREVENT THEIR BROTHER-UNCLE FROM SELLING OF ANCESTRAL HOUSE TILL OTHER ISSUES ARE SORTED OUT? WE HEARD AFTER SIGNING THIS RELINQUISHMENT DEED ALL RIGHTS OF DAUGHTER'S ARE SURENDERED IN FAVOUR OF THEIR BROTHER & THEY CAN'T THEN DO ANYTHIING AFTER THAT? IS IT CORRECT?
7)WHAT ARE OPTIONS LEFT WITH US TO PRESS THEIR BROTHER TO BE MORE TRANSPARENT IN SHARING CLEARLY WHAT ALL LEFT BY THEIR PARENTS FOR ALL 3 CHHILDREN?
8)IF "WILL" IS FOUND TO BE NOT EXISTING, WHAT IS PROCEDURE INVOLVED TO DIVIDE ASSETS EQUALLY AMONG 3 CHILDREN?
9)IF "WILL" IS FOUND LATER, CAN IT BE CHALLENGED IN COURT BY ANY OF SISTERS?
10)LIKE MY BOTHER-IN-LAW'S WIFE, DO I HAVE ANY LEGAL RIGHT ON ASSETS OF MY WIFE THROUGH HER PARENTS? MY BROTHER-IN-LAW HAS SO FAR NOT SPOKEN TO ME ANYTHING BUT SHARES INFORMATION IN BITS & PIECES & THAT TOO IN LIMITED WAY WITH MY WIFE. THEREFORE TO PROTECT HER RIGHTS CAN I GET INVOLVED IN ANY WAY?
11)DO MY CHILDREN(2 KIDS)HAVE ANY RIGHT IN ASSETS OF THEIR GRANDPARENTS IN THIS CASE?
12)IF NO "WILL" EXIST WHAT IS PROCEDURE TO SETTLE ALL THESE ISSUES?
ANY KIND OF QUICK ADVICE BY ANY OF EXPERTS ON SUCH MATTERS WILL BE HIGHLY APPRECIATED.
THANKS IN ADVANCE.
B.RG/TARUN KOHLI