A common and costly misconception is that daughters have no share in ancestral property. The law is clear that daughters are coparceners with rights equal to sons — but families still litigate over this, often due to old assumptions.
What equal rights mean
- A daughter is a coparcener by birth, like a son
- She has the same rights and liabilities in coparcenary property
- Marriage does not take away her coparcenary right
Self-acquired property is different
These rights relate to ancestral/coparcenary property. A person's self-acquired property can be willed as they choose. The distinction matters — take advice on your specific facts.
Yes. Marriage does not extinguish a daughter's coparcenary right in ancestral property.