Property Rights of Daughters in Nepal 2026 — Equal Inheritance
A 2026 (2083 BS) practitioner's guide to property rights of daughters in Nepal — Constitution 2072 Articles 18 and 38 (equality and women's lineage rights), National Civil Code 2074 Sections 205 (daughter as coparcener), 215 (equal entitlement regardless of marital status), 217 (right to demand partition during the parents' lifetime), 218 (maintenance duty), 239 (equal distribution), and 241 (adopted daughters), the Meera Kumari Dhungana 1995 Supreme Court ruling that triggered the Eleventh Amendment of the Muluki Ain (2063 BS / 2007), the practical operation for married daughters, divorced daughters, NRN daughters, and adopted daughters, the District Court partition procedure, documents required (citizenship, Nata Kayam, lalpurja), the Section 226 concealment penalty for hiding family property, the 35-day appeal route to the High Court, and the implementation gap that persists at the local level in 2026 despite a settled legal framework.