History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c64.1204

v4.c64.1204

Mother, cannot be legally abandoned by son, though she be *patita* 613n, 804, 948; divergent views about the right of m. to a share on partition 605-606; does not include step-mother in the matter of inheritance 724; entitled to a share when her sons or stepsons come to a partition but she cannot compel partition 605; inheriting to her son takes a limited estate 723; Madras High Court does not allow a share to a m. on partition 606; preferred to the father as an heir to her deceased son by the Mit. and some other works 721-22.