Hi Sir,
I am now 29 years. Both my maternal and paternal families have been related since 8 generations.
My mother expired in Dec 1980 when i was only 9 months old. From then on, my maternal grand father took care of my food, clothing, shelter,education or any other expenses.
Due to the deep family relationships my maternal grandpa could not claim my share from my fathers inherited property.
At the time of my mothers death, my father's family was a undivided HUF and it was difficult to specifically say what was my fathers share.
The HUF got divided in 1992 and the deed was registered in 1994.At the time of partition of the HUF, my father prayed not to take my share and allow him to enjoy his complete share till his kids from the second marriage are settled. He was remarried in 1981 and had a son and a daughter.
Again considering the deep relations that both my grandparents families had, my fathers plea was accepted. My father inherited some properties and about 2.5 lakhs as cash in 1992 form my grandfather. He performed the marriage of the daughter with the brother of his second wife and given her dowry of 5 lakhs cash, 400 gms of gold, brought her some farm lands and a few plots in hyderabad. The second son studied engineering and is now settled in a job in a MNC.
My father expired due to ill health in 2004 leaving about 30 lakhs cash and the inherited properties. No new properties have been purchased by him.
As i was alone and a student in 2004 my step mother with the help of her two brothers collected all that 30 lakhs and got majority of the properties converted on to her or her sons name.
Now she is claiming 3 shares for them and is willing to give me only 1 share of the properties.
1.Is there any way where i can legally claim 1/2 of the share as none of my expenses were borne till date by my father? The jurisdiction of the case is Andhra Pradesh and girls have equal right on parents properties here.
2. Is there any way where i can claim my share on the money that my father left when he died? All the money were in the form of promissory notes and those were collected by my step mother immediately after my fathers death.
