• Should wife pay 50% of total monthly expenses

Hi;

We are marriage since 1 year. And my wife is denying to pay 50% of our monthly expenses.

We both are working and I got 60K and my wife got 40K Salary.
Should I have a rights to take any action against my wife.

If Yes Then what action should I take and what will be its outcome.

We do not have any child. 

Thanks
Ravi
Asked 7 years ago in Family Law
Religion: Hindu

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16 Answers

Ideally the expenses should be shared in proportion to your income

2) you should bear lion share of expenses

3) you cannot force your wife to pay for household expenses

Ajay Sethi
Advocate, Mumbai
98931 Answers
8048 Consultations

There is no legal remedy against it as ti can only be a moral thing to understand.

Try to make her understand, if she still does not then you can go for divorce at the end for non performance of marriage obligation.

Sanjay Baniwal
Advocate, South Delhi
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13 Consultations

This is matter of trust, emotions and binding.

Your responsibility is to run the show even if your wife is not earning a single penny if she is participating and giving you some help to run the domestic expanded don't take this as you are right why don't both of you together run your home andlive as a lovely couple. Money will always be a problem and will create a gap between both of you. Think that you both are a single unit and whatever is yours is off her as well.

Vimlesh Prasad Mishra
Advocate, Lucknow
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Thanks for your appreciation

Ajay Sethi
Advocate, Mumbai
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8048 Consultations

Hi

You are earning a good amount and your wife too.

1 lakh per month is a good comfortable amount for your small family to meet out the monthly expenses.

Look forward to a happy married life rather than going into a legal battle over petty issues ... Grow mutual understanding with your wife.

There is nothing legal against her.

Thank You

Rahul Jatain
Advocate, Rohtak
5365 Answers
4 Consultations

Never think money is important in your life. The family life is build up with trust, affection and love. Sincerity, forgiveness, Patience, Kindness, Faithfulness, Gentleness, Self-control are the basic stones for a good family .Nobody has right to take forcefully his/her hard earned money.So better to convey your ambition and wish to her .A good conversation can change the attitude.

Ajay N S
Advocate, Ernakulam
4117 Answers
114 Consultations

Ideally the wife should share the expenses if she is earning, but no court of law can direct her to do so. You cannot sue her to make her liable to share the expenses.

Ashish Davessar
Advocate, Jaipur
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977 Consultations

You can not compel your wife to pay for monthly expenses.

You can mutually come to an understand who will pay for what.

Rajashekar
Advocate, Bangalore
591 Answers
4 Consultations

There is no legal action which can be taken against your wife on this issue as this your personal issue.

But if you are not happy with your wife you can go for separation if you want that. Mutual consent or divorce

Varnika Singh
Advocate, New Delhi
327 Answers
2 Consultations

Hello,

yes you can obviously take legal action for this, but I would not advise you to take any legal action at this juncture and settle the minor dispute amicably.

Anilesh Tewari
Advocate, New Delhi
18099 Answers
377 Consultations

I hope that the matter is resolved between you two at this juncture amicably.

Best way that I advise, if husband and wife are working and earning almost equally then the husbands income should be used for daily expenses and wife's income should be used for investment. Since you do not have any child at this juncture, you can make your future good by following this, if possible.

Regards

Anilesh Tewari
Advocate, New Delhi
18099 Answers
377 Consultations

There is no law which mandates your wife to contribute equally towards the household expenses.

These are issues which are mutually agreed and decided.

If there's a rift in your relationship with your wife due to the present issue of non-contribution by her towards household expenses, I will advise both of you to see a Marriage Counsellor.

Vibhanshu Srivastava
Advocate, Lucknow
9743 Answers
320 Consultations

Hi, legally you cannot force your wife to share her income in the monthly expenses of the family .. She can do so on her own will and wish , but she is not legally bound to do so

Hemant Chaudhary
Advocate, Gurgaon
4631 Answers
67 Consultations

There is no such rule or law that it can be legally enforced asking for unwilling wife to share the expenses of household when both the husband and wife are employed, it is just on the basis of mutual understanding that both maintain that harmonious situation.

If the husband is not capable of maintaining then he can claim maintenance amount from wife under Hindu laws.

T Kalaiselvan
Advocate, Vellore
89133 Answers
2442 Consultations

Thank you Sir for your value able suggestion

You are welcome for the appreciations.

T Kalaiselvan
Advocate, Vellore
89133 Answers
2442 Consultations

She also must bare family expenditure

P V Reddy
Advocate, Hyderabad
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3 Consultations

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