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Indonesia inheritance law calculator

Enter the family. You see the classical school's division beside the division under the statute of Indonesia, with the article cited for each point where they differ.

Religious calculation under an unofficial copy of the statute; the court or registry decides.

What the statute changes

PointRuleIn this calculatorArticle
School where the statute is silentShāfiʿīSchoolBiro Peradilan Agama circular B/I/735 of 18 Feb 1958 (KHI, Penjelasan Umum) (unofficial copy, check the official gazette)
Surplus to the blood sharers (radd)Returned to them in proportionStatuteKHI art. 193 (unofficial copy, check the official gazette)
Surplus to a spouseShared with the other sharersStatuteKHI art. 193 (unofficial copy, check the official gazette)
Extended relatives (arḥām)Not computed hereNot computed—
Grandfather with brothers and sistersNot computed hereNot computed—
Shares above the estate (ʿawl)Shares reduced in proportionStatuteKHI art. 192 (unofficial copy, check the official gazette)
Children of a child who died firstThey take their parent's shareStatuteKHI art. 185 (unofficial copy, check the official gazette)
Estate with no heirBaitul MalStatuteKHI art. 191 (unofficial copy, check the official gazette)

Points to know

  • Not computed: The father takes one third when there is no child. Families where this applies are not computed here. KHI art. 177 (unofficial copy, check the official gazette)
  • Statute: Killing or attempting to kill the deceased bars inheritance only when a court has ruled it. KHI art. 173 (unofficial copy, check the official gazette)
  • Not computed: The obligatory bequest for an adopted child or adoptive parent is not computed. KHI art. 209 (unofficial copy, check the official gazette)

The family

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Spouse

Husband
Wife

Children

Son
Daughter
Son's son
Son's daughter

Parents

Father
Mother
More relatives

Grandparents

Father's father
Father's mother
Mother's mother

Siblings

Full brother
Full sister
Paternal brother
Paternal sister
Maternal brother
Maternal sister

Great-grandchildren

Great-grandson
Great-granddaughter

Nephews, uncles and cousins

Full nephew
Paternal nephew
Full paternal uncle
Paternal half-uncle
Full cousin
Paternal cousin

Other relatives (dhawū al-arḥām)

Daughter's son
Daughter's daughter
Sister's son
Sister's daughter
Maternal grandfather
Maternal uncle
Maternal aunt
Paternal aunt

Children of a child who died first

A son or daughter who died before the deceased: enter each one's children here, not in the family above.

Classical school and statute side by side

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Articles cited

  • Biro Peradilan Agama circular B/I/735 of 18 Feb 1958 (KHI, Penjelasan Umum) (unofficial copy, check the official gazette)
  • KHI art. 193 (unofficial copy, check the official gazette)
  • KHI art. 192 (unofficial copy, check the official gazette)
  • KHI art. 177 (unofficial copy, check the official gazette)
  • KHI art. 185 (unofficial copy, check the official gazette)
  • KHI art. 191 (unofficial copy, check the official gazette)
  • KHI art. 173 (unofficial copy, check the official gazette)
  • KHI art. 209 (unofficial copy, check the official gazette)

Copy read: KHI, Kemenag edition (upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/48/KHI_id.pdf)