In a bid to avoid people leaving their parents after grabbing property, Kerala is all set to amend a central Act to provide more powers to the elderly to take back the property that have been transferred to their children, who fail to take care of their indigent parents.
Currently, parents could take back the property only if it was handed over with the condition that it would be reclaimed if the children did not take care of the dependent parents. Kerala included the clause to the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007, in 2009.
Once the clause is dropped, the elderly could take back any property handed over to the children with the help of the Maintenance Tribunal. Kerala’s move gains relevance in the light of several elderly parents being abandoned, or ignored. Hundreds of senior citizens would benefit from the amendment.
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