| Question And Answer | |
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| Subject: | Can wife become karta on death of husband |
| Category: | Income-Tax |
| Querist: | Rashmi |
| Answered by: | Law Intern |
| Tags: | HUF |
| Date: | February 8, 2026 |
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A wife/widow is not eligible to become Karta because she is not a coparcener in her husband’s HUF. The wife enters the family via marriage and not birth. However, the senior-most daughter, if adult, can become a Karta as she entered the family by birth.
If all the coparceners are minor, the wife/widow can act as manager of the HUF and conduct its affairs until the eldest child attains majority.
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