Season greetings to you

This happen to someone close to me, their grandfather property was shared into two among the wives after his death.

The first wife has two male and one female child,the second has four male and one female child.

They are both late, the second wife died recently. After her death her children summon meeting among family members for the property to be reshare.

The property was later reshare ,but it does not favour the first wife children , because the largest size is giving to the second wife children because they are more.

The first son of the family from the first wife has five children,three male and two female.
The two female died within two years, one male is missing since nov 2020.

All the children are doing well

My question is how should the property of a polygamous man be shared when there is no will?

Motirayo2018:
Season greetings to you

This happen to someone close to me, their grandfather property was shared into two among the wives after his death.

The first wife has two male and one female child,the second has four male and one female child.

They are both late, the second wife died recently. After her death her children summon meeting among family members for the property to be reshare.

The property was later reshare ,but it does not favour the first wife children , because the largest size is giving to the second wife children because they are more.

The first son of the family from the first wife has five children,three male and two female.
The two female died within two years, one male is missing since nov 2020.

All the children are doing well

My question is how should the property of a polygamous man be shared when there is no will?

Traditionally, Yorubas share properties either per wife or per children.


But if you go to court, everything will be shared equally between the children.

Life don dey civilized pass like this.... Even people wey no go school at all at all self still dey write will down..At least the merits of WILL will always exceeds it's demerits,no doubt...

Motirayo2018:
My question is how should the property of a polygamous man be shared when there is no will?

No be case by case basis anymore?

....It should be shared per wife and not perthe number of children and the reason is because

(1) If the man has two wives,each with 3 children and he also left behind like 3 buildings. You don't expect the first 3 children from the first wife to take it all.

What we do in such cases is to share the properties among the two wives and each will workout how her children go about their share.

E.g. Each of the wives gets a building each while the remaining one is sold and the money shared to them equally.

JONNYSPUTE:
....It should be shared per wife and not perthe number of children and the reason is because

(1) If the man has two wives,each with 3 children and he also left behind like 3 buildings. You don't expect the first 3 children from the first wife to take it all.

What we do in such cases is to share the properties among the two wives and each will workout how her children go about their share.

E.g. Each of the wives gets a building each while the remaining one is sold and the money shared to them equally.

This was how the property was shared before their mothers death.
After the second wife died, her children ask for a reshare.
It has been war , because the first wife have only two surviving child, a male and a female.

Motirayo2018:

This was how the property was shared before their mothers death.
After the second wife died, her children ask for a reshare.
It has been war , because the first wife have only two surviving child, a male and a female.

.....The children from the second wife are very wrong to be demanding for such.

Are there no elders in that community?

If anything, the first wife is suppose to have a larger share as the senior. So, the children of the second wife should accept whatever their mother was given and move on. If they try to make any troubles, their rival should litigate the matter, let the Court settle it for them.

All these second wifes and their children, always wanting to cause trouble.

Mercychen:
If anything, the first wife is suppose to have a larger share as the senior. So, the children of the second wife should accept whatever their mother was given and move on. If they try to make any troubles, their rival should litigate the matter, let the Court settle it for them.

All these second wifes and their children, always wanting to cause trouble.

Larger or no larger, that depends on the man's decision. I would rather share the properties to their children instead of the wives.

Truvelisback:
Larger or no larger, that depends on the man's decision. I would rather share the properties to their children instead of the wives.

In this case the man did not leave any will.

Mercychen:


In this case the man did not leave any will.

In that case, the first wife's children should take larger share but the difference shouldn't be much but it depends on the sharers choice or decision.

Truvelisback:
Larger or no larger, that depends on the man's decision. I would rather share the properties to their children instead of the wives.

.... Assuming you have 2 wives and 7 children from both and your properties let's say buildings are 4 in numbers. How do you share it among the 7 children?

Truvelisback:
In that case, the first wife's children should take larger share but the difference shouldn't be much but it depends on the sharers choice or decision.

And what is being shared.

Mercychen:
If anything, the first wife is suppose to have a larger share as the senior. So, the children of the second wife should accept whatever their mother was given and move on. If they try to make any troubles, their rival should litigate the matter, let the Court settle it for them.

All these second wifes and their children, always wanting to cause trouble.

.... Nothing like a larger share for the first wife.
Both are his wives and his properties should be shared among them irrespective of how many number of children they both have.

Each of them now should work out the sharing formula among their respective children.

That's the write thing

Truvelisback:
In that case, the first wife's children should take larger share but the difference shouldn't be much but it depends on the sharers choice or decision.

.....Wrong. Both wives get equal shares then split it among their children.

JONNYSPUTE:
.... Nothing like a larger share for the first wife.
Both are his wives and his properties should be shared among them irrespective of how many number of children they both have.

Each of them now should work out the sharing formula among their respective children.

That's the write thing

Still fair enough.

JONNYSPUTE:
.... Assuming you have 2 wives and 7 children from both and your properties let's say buildings are 4 in numbers. How do you share it among the 7 children?

I may share the Buildings equally among the children but the first wife's children may take the larger buildings.

Truvelisback:
I may share the Buildings equally among the children but the first wife's children may take the larger buildings.

....How can you share 4 buildings equally among 7 children?

JONNYSPUTE:
.....Wrong. Both wives get equal shares then split it among their children.

Note: Most times, men shares their will based on favouritism.

Truvelisback:
Note: Most times, men shares their will based on favouritism.

.....In this case,the man has no will

Mercychen:
And what is being shared.

Properties.

JONNYSPUTE:
.....In this case,the man has no will

Properties, i mean to say.

JONNYSPUTE:
....How can you share 4 buildings equally among 7 children?

7 children takes 2 buildings while the other 7 children take 2 buildings.

Truvelisback:
Properties, i mean to say.

....Ok but then he is dead and can't do anything. What the elders need to do is call both wives,divide the whole properties into 2 equal parts and ask the first to choose. Once she does that,the second wife takes the other part.

Now it's nobody's business how they split it among their kids.

Let's say the first wife has 3 children and got 4 houses,it's her gain or she has 6 children and got 4 houses,it's her loss therefore she should know how to go about it.

Likewise the second wife.

All this things are simple just that greed has spoilt alot of things.

Truvelisback:
7 children takes 2 buildings while the other 7 children take 2 buildings.

....You didn't get my question.

Both have a total of 7 children while the property to share is 4.

The first had 3 children
The second had 4.

JONNYSPUTE:
....You didn't get my question.

Both have a total of 7 children while the property to share is 4.

The first had 3 children
The second had 4.

I will share the buildings equally but the first wife's children may take the buildings that have more rooms.

JONNYSPUTE:
....Ok but then he is dead and can't do anything. What the elders need to do is call both wives,divide the whole properties into 2 equal parts and ask the first to choose. Once she does that,the second wife takes the other part.

Now it's nobody's business how they split it among their kids.

Let's say the first wife has 3 children and got 4 houses,it's her gain or she has 6 children and got 4 houses,it's her loss therefore she should know how to go about it.

Likewise the second wife.

All this things are simple just that greed has spoilt alot of things.

It's still good that way.

motirayo2018 I am assuming they are yoruba

In Yorubaland It's shared either oriojori or idi igi method.

Oriojori is it being shared between all the children i. e head to head

Idi igi is shared equally according to the no of wife's in this case shared into 2, the no of children do not matter, the children then share amongst themselves whatever was given to their branch.

In this case it was already shared with the oriojori method, what I don't understand is why they now decided to share it again using the oriojori method after their mum died.

They had shared it equally among the 2 wives it should have been left at that.

The family members should never have agreed for it to be reshared. It was done with the idi igi method and should have ended at that.

Of course it's only natural the resharing would would cause problems.

JONNYSPUTE:
....Ok but then he is dead and can't do anything. What the elders need to do is call both wives,divide the whole properties into 2 equal parts and ask the first to choose. Once she does that,the second wife takes the other part.

Now it's nobody's business how they split it among their kids.

Let's say the first wife has 3 children and got 4 houses,it's her gain or she has 6 children and got 4 houses,it's her loss therefore she should know how to go about it.

Likewise the second wife.

All this things are simple just that greed has spoilt alot of things.

Exactly, I don't even understand how they ( the elders) agreed to a reshare


The 2nd wifes children are greedy and I believe their mum had cautioned them before her demise which is why they waited till her death before demanding a reshare.

Truvelisback:
I will share the buildings equally but the first wife's children may take the buildings that have more rooms.

....Fair enough thats if you are the one sharing but in this case,the man is no more and there's no will.

The truth of the matter is that there's no way you can share 4 buildings among 7 children from 2 different mother's equal.

This is where the wisdom of sharing the properties between the two co wives arises.

They inturn,split among their respective children.

NoToPile:



Exactly, I don't even understand how they ( the elders) agreed to a reshare


The 2nd wifes children are greedy and I believe their mum had cautioned them before her demise which is why they waited till her death before demanding a reshare.

....Greed.

JONNYSPUTE:
....Fair enough thats if you are the one sharing but in this case,the man is no more and there's no will.

The truth of the matter is that there's no way you can share 4 buildings among 7 children from 2 different mother's equal.

This is where the wisdom of sharing the properties between the two co wives arises.

They inturn,split among their respective children.

It's still good that way.