Dear Sir,
My grandfather has 2 sons(I am daughter of 2nd son) and 2 daughters. As my grandfather gave away lot of wealth to his daughters who are married before 1965 , he wrote a unregistered will to transfer two of his "self acquired" properties to be equally divided between his "sons only" and to transfer Rs:25,000/- to each of this 2 daughters.He wrote will in 1998 few months before he died..Now the 2 sons wish to get their property and explained about the will to the 2 daughters and gave them a cheque of 4 lakhs each.The 2 daughters of my grandfather are not accepting the money and want a share of the property and are refusing to give NOC and agree to family settlement. The 2 sons of my grandfather wish to get patta for the property and applied for order of probate. The 2 daughters have filed affidavit of objection by falsely quoting that the will had been forged and that probabte had not been filed within 3 years (from 1998) and hence is barred.The actual cause of delay in probate is the 2 sons were staying in same house and didnt see the necessity to get probate.Now the 2 sons wish to selll the property to meet their financial needs.The testimonies to the will are old (around 85 years).
My questions are
1.Is the will valid only for 3 years from the date the will has been written (1998) ?
2.Please suggest further course of action.
Regards,
Valliammai
