A widow living in Mumbai doesn't have any child nor her late husband adopted any child as per law.
Widow has One brother and 3 sisters from maternal side.
She doesn't have any living member from her husband's side except a married daughter from her husband's deceased sister.
Who will then have first claim to inheritate her apartment in the name of late husband and movable assets ?
TIA
If the property is self-acquired, the husband is predeceased and there are no kids, it will go to the husband’s heirs, not to her parents, siblings or other relatives. In inherited property, there is a further distinction based on the source of inheritance. As per Section 15 (2)(a), if the property is inherited from her parents, it devolves to the father’s heirs in the absence of any kids. As per Section 15 (2)(b), if the property is inherited from her husband or father-in-law, it devolves, in the absence of kids, to husband’s heirs.
Thus, if a female Hindu dies intestate without leaving any issue, then the property inherited by her from her father or mother would go to the heirs of her father whereas the property inherited from her husband or father-in-law would go to the heirs of the husband.
