a long period and had children the judiciary would presume that the two were married in another judgment it held under section 16 of hindu marriage act hma that children born in a void or voidable marriage should be considered legitimate and therefore be entitled to inherit property from their parents however it also maintained that the benefit given under the amended section 16 of hma is available only in cases where there has been a marriagewhat this means is that children born in livein relationships will not be in a position to inherit from their fathers unless there is a presumption of marriage they will however be entitled to the right to maintenance says senior lawyer at the madras high court geetha ramaseshanchanging social norms are also altering relationship and parenting choices says subramanian thirtysix yearold actor mithun purandare had a son with his canadianbelgian friend anami finnie after the latter expressed her desire to have a child with him two years since while mithun lives in mumbai and manages a business in goa anami who is also ayans primary guardian and caretaker shuttles between her homes in goa and canada as an overseas citizen of india ociwe are friends who are parenting a child together says mithun who visits the mother and the child whenever he can the equation is awesome we respect each others space and are not legally bound to me marriage is a legal document you may want to have a child with someone but not necessarily want to share the house kitchen car or hobbies with them then what he wonderssubramanian also points to a lot of families wherein traditionally the father is not an active parent and women realising this feel they might as well bring up the child the way they want without external interference why do people get married to have a family and a child we have both so whats the fuss about says samyuktha