Indian Succession Act, 1925 · Chapter II: Rules in Cases of Intestates Other Than Parsis · Distribution where there are no lineal descendants
Section 49: Children’s advancements not brought into hotchpot
Where a distributive share in the property of a person who has died intestate is claimed by a child, or any descendant of a child, of such person, no money or other property which the intestate may, during his life, have paid, given or settled to, or for the advancement of, the child by whom or by whose descendant the claim is made shall be taken into account in estimating such distributive share.
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