The Exploration of Inheritance Rights under the Myanmar Customary Law

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Pyae Phyo Hlaing , Khin Kyi Tun , Khin Thandar Soe ,

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Volume 9 - August 2020 (08)

Abstract

The Myanmar Customary Law is composed of Dhammathats, Judicial decisions of High Court, Supreme Court, Chief Court, Supreme Court of the Union, Customs which are firmly applied by Myanmar Buddhists, and Laws made by legislation Group. The Judicial system of Myanmar recognizes the Myanmar Customary Law to apply for the jurisdiction of family matters in which areas of marriage, divorce, inheritance, succession, adoption, and matrimonial rights according to the Burma Laws Act, 1898. The Myanmar Customary Law only concerns with Myanmar Buddhist people and it does not govern Myanmar people who are not professing in Buddhism. Myanmar Customary Law is an unwritten law and it is not statutory law. Women and Men are equal roles as join partners or join owners in the family and every child has the right to inheritance from their parents by the intestate succession system under the Myanmar Customary Law. This article intends to explore the inheritance rights among children in the family under the Myanmar Customary Law. The objective of this study is to explore the equal inheritance rights for children (between men and women) and to describe the notions of equal inheritance rights under the Myanmar Customary Law.

Keywords

Myanmar Customary Law, Inheritance, Succession, and Inheritance rights. 

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