R Associates helps families resolve ownership and control without litigation—through binding family settlements, clean HUF partitions, and precise documentation that revenue offices, banks, and courts accept. We design settlements that stand up to scrutiny, align with tax rules, and prevent disputes across generations.
A family arrangement can be oral and later recorded for the sake of proof; where the instrument itself effects a partition of immovable property, registration is required.
When You Should Consider a Family Settlement / HUF Partition
- Long-running co-ownership or inheritance disputes, including blended family scenarios.
- Need to divide ancestral / HUF property fairly among coparceners (including daughters as coparceners).
- To avoid stamp/registration heavy conveyances by reallocating within family via settlement (while complying with state-notified duties).
- To update records (mutation) so titles reflect the agreed shares.
Services
Family Settlement Agreements (FSA)
We structure clear, enforceable family arrangements that allocate shares, record releases, and waive future claims
HUF Partition
End-to-end support for recognising a total HUF partition—coparcenary mapping (including daughters as coparceners), asset schedules, and tax recognition
Partition Deeds for Immovable Property
When the instrument itself effects division, we draft and execute properly stamped and registered partition deeds.
Memorandum Recording Prior Oral Settlement
We prepare a memorandum that evidences an earlier oral family arrangement with the right supporting proof file.
Release/Relinquishment & Gift Deeds
Targeted documentation to transfer or extinguish rights in specific assets—aligned with stamp/registration rules and coordinated with the overarching settlement.
Title Diligence, Valuation & Share Calculation
We verify title, surface encumbrances, and create fair value bases and working sheets for equitable division across real estate, securities, and business interests.
Mutation & Revenue Record Updates
Post-settlement implementation before Tehsildar/revenue offices, plus change requests with municipal bodies—so khata/jamabandi/khasra records reflect the agreed shares.
Institutional Onboarding
We prepare packets and forms to align nominations/beneficiaries with the settlement, update KYC, and prevent nominee-vs-heir conflicts for payouts and transmissions.
Family-Business & Shareholder Settlements
For promoter families, we integrate board/voting arrangements, shareholder agreements, and management succession—so governance and cash flows mirror the settlement.
Evidence Pack & Litigation Shield
Contemporaneous records (minutes, affidavits, consideration ledgers, possession memos) curated to prove bona fides—especially where oral partition is relied upon.
Our Process
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- We begin with a detailed fact and title diligence, mapping the family tree, listing every asset and liability, and reviewing title papers, encumbrances, pending cases, nominations, and prior orders.
- We then recommend the correct route—family arrangement (recorded by a memorandum) or a registered partition deed
- We prepare valuation bases and working sheets for each asset class so that proposed shares and any releases are transparent, fair, and agreed in writing by all stakeholders.
- We draft the core documents—family settlement/partition deed, release or gift deeds, and annexures—circulate them for comments, and finalise execution packets
- We supervise execution end-to-end, arrange witnessing, pay the appropriate stamp duty, complete e-stamping and registration
- We implement the settlement on the ground by filing mutation applications with the revenue authorities and updating banks, demat participants, insurers, registrars/transfer agents, and municipal records.
- For family-business assets, we align governance by preparing board and shareholder papers so that voting rights, management roles, and distributions reflect the agreed settlement.
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FAQ
Not if it only records a prior oral arrangement; but if the document itself divides immovable property, registration is mandatory. We advise on the safer route based on your facts.
Daughters are coparceners by birth. Courts insist on strong evidence for any claimed oral partition; registered deeds or decrees are far safer.
No—the Income-tax Act does not recognise partial partitions after 31-12-1978; seek a total partition if tax recognition is needed.
Yes. Update revenue records so shares reflect the settlement and future transactions are smooth.
Why Choose Us
Court-proof, registration-ready drafting backed by a rigorous evidence pack that stands up to “strict proof.”
End-to-end execution with Delhi registrars/revenue authorities plus bank/demat/insurer onboarding—so the settlement actually works.
Tax-aware HUF structuring aligned to Section 171, with promoter-family governance designed to prevent future disputes.
Satisfied Client Stories
Secured a summary judgment for a tech client in ₹5 Cr contract dispute, avoiding lengthy trial and enabling swift enforcement.
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