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Jordan inheritance law calculator

Enter the family. You see the classical school's division beside the division under the statute of Jordan, 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 silentḤanafīSchoolLaw 15/2019, arts. 323-325 (unofficial copy, check the official gazette)
Surplus to the blood sharers (radd)Returned to them in proportionStatuteLaw 15/2019, art. 312 (unofficial copy, check the official gazette)
Surplus to a spouseShared with the other sharersStatuteLaw 15/2019, art. 312 (unofficial copy, check the official gazette)
Extended relatives (arḥām)Equal, male as femaleStatuteLaw 15/2019, arts. 301-310 (unofficial copy, check the official gazette)
Grandfather with brothers and sistersNot computed hereNot computedLaw 15/2019, art. 290 (unofficial copy, check the official gazette)
Shares above the estate (ʿawl)Shares reduced in proportionStatuteLaw 15/2019, art. 313 (unofficial copy, check the official gazette)
Children of a child who died firstObligatory bequest, up to one thirdStatuteLaw 15/2019, art. 279 (unofficial copy, check the official gazette)
Estate with no heirMinistry of AwqafStatuteLaw 15/2019, art. 284 (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
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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.

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Articles cited

  • Law 15/2019, arts. 323-325 (unofficial copy, check the official gazette)
  • Law 15/2019, art. 312 (unofficial copy, check the official gazette)
  • Law 15/2019, arts. 301-310 (unofficial copy, check the official gazette)
  • Law 15/2019, art. 290 (unofficial copy, check the official gazette)
  • Law 15/2019, art. 313 (unofficial copy, check the official gazette)
  • Law 15/2019, art. 279 (unofficial copy, check the official gazette)
  • Law 15/2019, art. 284 (unofficial copy, check the official gazette)
  • Law 15/2019, art. 281 (unofficial copy, check the official gazette)

Copy read: archive.org/download/ofsv5/ofsv5.pdf (commentary reproducing Official Gazette no. 5578)