Batwara

Inheritance calculator for land

Tick who survives, choose the law, and the app sets each heir's share as an exact fraction.

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Who inherits? The shares under the Hindu Succession Act

Who inherits?

At the Heirs step, Calculate shares by law… opens Who inherits?. Choose the Applicable law, say whether The deceased was a man or a woman, and count the Living heirs by their tie: wife or husband, sons, daughters, mother, father, brothers and sisters. Under the Hindu Succession Act, the children who died before the deceased can be added, with their own children, by Add a deceased child.

Exact fractions

The Result shows every share as an exact fraction and a percentage, the heirs who are excluded and why, and the notes of the law. A widow and three children: 1/4 each under the Hindu Succession Act; under the Indian Succession Act, 1/3 to her and 2/9 to each child. Apply to the heirs writes one line per person with their share; you can still change any of them.

The laws in the app

Faraid of the Hanafi and Shafiʿi schools, the Hindu Succession Act as amended in 2005, the Indian Succession Act, the French Civil Code without a will, and Equal shares. The law of your country comes first. When a case is beyond what the app calculates, it says so instead of guessing.

The heirs and their shares, in fractions or in area

Or type the shares

Each heir can also get a share typed by hand: 1/3, 25%, or a fixed area such as half an acre, the others sharing the rest by their fractions. Rest in equal shares splits what is left. The app shows what is still to allot and refuses a total above the whole plot.

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Divide the land before anyone picks up a tape

Measure the plot, set the shares, and let the app draw the lines and print the deed.

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