• Not sure what my wife wants

Hi,

My wife(staying in pune) had left matrimonial home due to petty issues 


When called her ,she said she is not happy and doesn't want to come back and did not give a valid reason.

During this 6 months period there was no calls and she had blocked my number and also her family dint recieve my calls or my family calls

But one day her uncle recieved the call and when we told that she has left home due to petty issue

Her uncle told he will talk to her and let us know
But we dint get a call back from his uncle for two months

We called her uncle again after 2 months and asked why is she doing this ,he started abusing us in bad words 

As she said she was not interested and as she left without any valid reasons I started looking for contested divorce, as my wife had blocked my number and her family was not responding to my calls or my family calls (but due to covid was unable to file a divorce case)

But now she has sent a notice via lawyer that she wants to come back and is asking me to come and pick her up with two respectable family and convince her safety 

Also please be informed that we have not taken any dowry ,no domestic violence ,no abusive words
However upon contacting her ,she has blocked my number 

And her brother tells to contact only her uncle ,and informs me not to call my wife or her mother or other relatives 

Also as described above ,we have lost trust in her uncle as he uses lot of abusive words

Due to which we r not having any safety and if we go to pune we might be again threathened by his uncle 

And till today we have not even recieved a single call from her family

Also we r not sure if my wife/uncle is doing all this to take revenge on my family ,thinking that once we go to pune let us scold him and send him back

And also we r scared that she might come back to matrimonial home and create problems to us 

Please let me know how to proceed on this as she is not taking to me,blocked my number ,also we r not sure what's running in my wife mind 
Not sure, if she comes back will her behavior be good with my family/parents
Asked 5 years ago in Family Law
Religion: Hindu

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13 Answers

She has contacted a lawyer and has told you to take her back and ask her for forgiveness but she was the one who left and was incommunicado this whoe time.

Therefore don't call her. File a rcr application before the family court stating that she hasn't returned and is now making false allegations in order to hide her follies.

You may also send her a notice through a lawyer that you have no problem and she should come back.

Rahul Mishra
Advocate, Lucknow
14114 Answers
65 Consultations

1. At the moment you are in crossroads, as to do next, whether to go to her place and bring her back to her matrimonial home or to apply for divorce.

2. If you have decided to bring her back to your place, go with your parents or some elderly person and bring her back to your place.

3.  In case you have decided to divorce her, then convince her to agree for Mutual Consent Divorce in which all the issues can be resolved amicably between husband and wife. By opting for MCD, you will save time and money.

Shashidhar S. Sastry
Advocate, Bangalore
5624 Answers
339 Consultations

Since you have received legal notice from her lawyer,  it becomes your duty to issue a reply notice denying their allegations. 

You don't be bothered about the consequences now itself. 

You can mention in the reply notice that since she abandoned the matrimonial home on so and so  date,  without any valid reason,  now it becomes her duty to return to the matrimonial fold. 

You can also make a mention that if she continues to be remain away from you and the matrimonial home,  she would be considered to have deserted or abandoned the matrimonial home permanently which would be a reason to file a divorce case. 

You consult a local advocate and proceed as suggested. 

T Kalaiselvan
Advocate, Vellore
89992 Answers
2495 Consultations

1. First make your mind si future course of action can be advised . If you are clueless both about your wife and you then take a policy of wait and watch. 

2. After sometime if you want to work out this marriage then file a suit for restitution of conjugal rights

3. Otherwise file a suit for dissolution of marriage on the ground of cruelty. 

Devajyoti Barman
Advocate, Kolkata
23655 Answers
537 Consultations

Please initiate divorce petition against her before court of law and serve the notice with copy of petition for dissolution of marriage as per HMA 1955.

Ramesh Pandey
Advocate, Mumbai
2541 Answers
8 Consultations

File for divorce on grounds of mental cruelty 

 

2) wife refusing to stay with husband amounts to mental cruelty 

Ajay Sethi
Advocate, Mumbai
99790 Answers
8147 Consultations

  1. You are bound to allow your wife to return to the matrimonial home but you aren't legally bound to bring her back. She left on her own volition, and there's no obligation upon you to go to Pune and bring her back. If she can travel from matrimonial home to Pune on her own, she can very well return back on her own. 
  2. You must respond to the legal notice through a lawyer. The response should be in lines of 1. It should be clearly stated,  that you don't object to her returning back; rather you welcome it and are glad, but there's no obligation upon you to travel to Pune. 
  3. Whether she returns or not, you need to seek exhaustive consultation with me for further advice. 
  4. I'm willing to take up the matter and in immediate effect, to respond to the legal notice received  by you. I need to go through that to serve a fitting response. So provide me a copy of it 

Netra Mohanchandra Pant
Advocate, Navi Mumbai
1590 Answers
5 Consultations

Dear Sir/Madam,

It is suggested that you reply the lawyer's notice strongly that it is she who left the matrimonial home her own and you are always willing and ready that she should come back with all dignity and honour. Thus, she should return and should not create any further issues.  

Ganesh Singh
Advocate, New Delhi
7169 Answers
16 Consultations

You can file a case for divorce for mental cruelty, Engage a advocate who will Send a legal notice thereafter you can file a divorce petition. 

Mohammed Mujeeb
Advocate, Hyderabad
19325 Answers
32 Consultations

First decide that you want to bring her back or not.

If you want to bring her back file section 9RCR. 

If you don't want to bring her back than file 13A HMA

Rahul Jatain
Advocate, Rohtak
5365 Answers
4 Consultations

You should take some respectable elders of your family for reconciliation with your wife record the meeting to gather evidence against them they are dragging the issue without any harassment from your side.

 

Mohit Kapoor
Advocate, Rohtak
10686 Answers
7 Consultations

No need to worry about it , I can become mediator for you and can speak on your behalf and can reply to your her notice as well.

Ganesh Kadam
Advocate, Pune
13008 Answers
267 Consultations

You can file rcr petition if you want her back or file contested divorce against her

Prashant Nayak
Advocate, Mumbai
34526 Answers
249 Consultations

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