ADOPTION DEED BY A HINDU WIDOW
THIS DEED OF ADOPTION is made on the…………………….day of………………….at…….by Smt. X widow of Late Shri Y, aged……………….and resident of…………………….
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
Death of adopter’s
Husband
Physical act of giving and taking of child completed
Testimonium
Execution
Pro-Formats 