Section 13 - Right of adoptive parents to dispose of their properties : Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act 1956

What are Right of adoptive parents to dispose of their properties Section 13 of Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956

Section 13 of Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act 1956 : "Right of adoptive parents to dispose of their properties"

13. Subject to any agreement to the contrary, an adoption does not deprive the adoptive father or mother of the power to dispose of his or her property by transfer inter vivos or by will.

HINDU ADOPTIONS AND MAINTENANCE ACT 1956

Section 2 - Application of Act

Section 3 - Definitions

Section 4 - Overriding effect of Act

CHAPTER II ADOPTION

Section 5 - Adoptions to be regulated by this Chapter

Section 6 - Requisites of a valid adoption

Section 7 - Capacity of a male Hindu to take in adoption

Section 8 - Capacity of a female Hindu to take in adoption

Section 9 - Persons capable of giving in adoption

Section 10 - Persons who may be adopted

Section 11 - Other conditions for a valid adoption

Section 12 - Effects of adoption

Section 13 - Right of adoptive parents to dispose of their properties

Section 14 - Determination of adoptive mother in certain cases

Section 15 - Valid adoption not to be cancelled

Section 16 - Presumption as to registered documents relating to adoption

Section 17 - Prohibition of certain payments

CHAPTER III MAINTENANCE

Section 18 - Maintenance of wife

Section 19 - Maintenance of widowed daughter-in-law

Section 20 - Maintenance of children and aged parents

Section 21 - Dependants defined

Section 22 - Maintenance of dependants

Section 23 - Amount of maintenance

Section 24 - Claimant to maintenance should be a Hindu

Section 25 - Amount of maintenance may be altered on change of circumstances

Section 26 - Debts to have priority

Section 27 - Maintenance when to be a charge

Section 28 - Effect of transfer of property on right to maintenance

CHAPTER IV REPEALS AND SAVINGS

Section 29 - Repeals

Section 30 - Savings