Forum Team,
I have a question regarding a dispute running in my family
My grandfather had 2 sons and 3 daughters. He had couple of ancestrol properties. My grandfather expired in 1984 and grandmother expired in 1980
My father is the youngest of all. All my aunts were married on or before 1966. My father and his brother was looking after the property untill my father's brother expired in Jan 2009. My fathers brother did not have any children and his wife was also expired before 2004
The issues here is, my fathers brother wrote a will in Aug 2006 to mention one of my aunts daughter is given half the property. He mentioned in the will that is writing this property to his adopted daughter (my aunts daughter). However there was no official or formal adoption process earlier. He mentioned that in will only. And they registerd the will (they registerd the will and not the property). But my fathers brother wrote another will in Dec 2008 that all his property shall belong to my father. This was done with all legal requirements on a stamp paper with a lawyer and witness. He then expired early Jan 2009.
Now my father is in process of registering the latest copy of the will and also register the property on his name
Now the questions that I have are
1) I am aware that the latest will (when conflicted with the original will) will be given precedence even when the original will is not explicitly revoked. And I am also aware of the fact that a will need not be registered. But I have a slightest doubt in this regard. Since the original will was registered will this ever be a problem if this is disputed in court.
2) Can my aunts file a case in the court that they have a right share of the property and that it should be distributed. All of my aunts were married on or before 1966 and since then they have been living with their family. All were given very good share of money or property at the time of marriage but there is no proof of that. All of them are well settled and infact some have more property that us
I would appreciate any help or suggestions in this regard. Thanks in advance and have a wonderful time
Thank You
Devi
