whether foster son claim property from natural father

The Foster child concept in Indian jurisprudence is fairly new. In the case of K.V Muthu (vrs) Angaramuthu Ammal(1997), The Supreme Court has spoken about the rights of a foster child.

"A foster child According to Supreme Court decision is one who has been received by the foster parents at a very early stage of life, nurtured, cared for, and brought up as their child.

But the discrepancy we have between an adopted child and foster children:

1.Adoption is a legally permanent living situation where the biological parent's rights are surrendered and the child becomes a legal member of the adoptive family.  Foster care is a temporary living situation in which the foster family has a guardianship right only. whereas the adopted child is through the legal process by performing the procedure under Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Act, 1956.

2.The foster child's biological parents remain his or her legal parents unless their parental rights were terminated by Law.

3.In comprehensive, the foster child does not have any right to inherit property.

In the present case, raja can claim for partition from his biological parents or ancestral property. because the parental right was not terminated by law. His natural parents are deemed to be his legal parents and have the right over the natural's parents property.

Hello,

Yes, he can claim ancestral property of natural father.