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Free Legal Heir Calculator · Hindu Succession Act 1956

Legal Heir Finder — Who Gets the Property?

When a Hindu family member passes away without writing a will, this free tool calculates exactly who inherits their property and how much each legal heir gets under the Hindu Succession Act 1956.

How the Legal Heir Calculator Works

Three simple steps to find out the legal heirs and their exact property shares under Indian succession law.

Build the Family Tree

Add all family members — alive and deceased — across 3 generations including spouse, sons, daughters, and parents.

Get Exact Inheritance Shares

See the fraction and percentage each heir receives with clear legal reasoning based on the Hindu Succession Act.

Legal References Included

Every calculation is backed by specific HSA sections, rules, and landmark Supreme Court judgments.

What This Legal Heir Finder Covers

Intestate succession (no will) for Hindu males and females
Class I heirs — wife, sons, daughters, mother
Equal rights for daughters (2005 Amendment)
Predeceased heirs — their family steps in
Post-death heirs — inherited then passed away
Self-acquired and ancestral (HUF) property
Section 15(2) rules for women's property source
Multiple wives and widow inheritance

For information only — not legal advice

This tool handles intestate succession for Hindus — including self-acquired property, Mitakshara coparcenary (HUF/ancestral) under Section 6 notional partition, and the Section 15(2) source-of-property rule for women. For legal proceedings or to obtain a legal heir certificate, consult an advocate.

Understanding Legal Heirs Under Hindu Succession Act

When a Hindu person dies without writing a will (intestate), their property is distributed among legal heirs as per the Hindu Succession Act 1956. The Act classifies heirs into Class I, Class II, agnates, and cognates — with Class I heirs having the first right to inherit.

Class I heirs of a Hindu male include the widow (wife), sons, daughters, and mother. Under Section 10, each heir gets one equal share. If there are multiple wives, they together share one portion equally. The Hindu Succession (Amendment) Act 2005 gave daughters equal coparcenary rights in ancestral property, confirmed by the Supreme Court in Vineeta Sharma v. Rakesh Sharma (2020).

For a Hindu female dying intestate, Section 15 governs succession. Her property passes to sons, daughters, and husband. Section 15(2) adds a special rule based on how the property was acquired — whether from her father's side, husband's side, or self-acquired — which affects which family line inherits if she has no children or husband.

If a son or daughter predeceased the property owner, their share doesn't lapse — it passes to their own surviving family (spouse and children) under Section 10, Rules 3 and 4. This is known as per stirpes distribution. Our calculator handles all these scenarios including grandchildren of predeceased heirs.