Illegitimacy with benefits and questions

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Posted: 7 years ago
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If the illegitimate children can claim rights to property, do they also are asked by the honourable courts to bear the responsibility of taking care of their fathers and stepmothers, grandparents and dependent relatives in case the illegimate children are well off and the other party is poor or bedridden?
Of course the child is the innocent victim while the others are not.
Is the basis for the rights only because the child is innocent?

And why equal rights over companies and ancestral properties? Is it not enough if the illegimate child is compensated financially (proportionate to the slice of property that would have been inherited) to lead a very good life? Will the stigma of being illegimate be erased by being treated equally?

If the illegitimate children have children who have illegitimate kids, then the former will be in the same position of denying rights.

Ultimately, the illegitimate children can claim something only if there is money in the hands of their fathers. Law cant do justice where there is nothing but poverty and no living father.

Suppose a woman leaves her child and marries someone else very rich and the poor and unemployed father is left with caring for the child. Can that innocent child claim property rights from his or her mother who has share in her rich husband's property?



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Posted: 7 years ago
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As far as i know they are entitled to only maintenance unless adopted to make the relationship legal.In accordance with Hindu Marriage Act and Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956, a Hindu is bound during his or her lifetime to maintain his or her illegitimate children, till s/he attains the age of majority or has ceased to be a Hindu.
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An illegitimate child is only entitled to his parents selfacquired property and no claim over any ancestral properties as per Hindu Law.

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