Adoption Deed by a Hindu Widow: Sample Format
Reference draft used in Indian courts — replace the blanks with your own case details.
WHEREAS
(i) My husband Y died on.........................without leaving any son, son's son, or son's son's son.
(ii) That my husband Y had given me authority to adopt a boy of to adopt my choice by a deed dated the.........................; registered at No......................... dated with the office of Sub Registrar.........................
(iii) I have adopted Z son of......................... aged......................... resident of......................... as my son and the father of said Z has given his son Z to me in adoption.
(iv) The physical act of giving and taking in adoption of Z has been completed on at my residence along with Datta Homam and other religious ceremonies in the presence of relatives and friends.
Now I Smt. X hereby declare that I have adopted the said Z as my son and the said Z shall have all the legal rights of adopted son of my husband's family and he will be vested with all the rights in the property left by Y aforementioned. I have executed this deed of adoption with my free consent.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF I HAVE executed this deed of adoption on the day and the year first above written in the presence of the witnesses.
WITNESSES
1. Executant
2.
Using this format
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