best option is to keep 24 hours helper for in laws
2) in the alternative shift in laws to senior citizen home providing assited living
3) in the laternative shift to flat near yoiur in laws
4) not advisable to stay with in laws
Inlaws threatening
The questions for my sister. Her mother inlaw has severe mental health and psychological issues and she on a prescription medication. Her grand mother inlaw had a same issue and she suicide few years back. Both father and mother in-law are very manipulative and wanted to keep my sister and her husband under their control. When they couldn't succeed they asked them leave their house. Now both parents are aging and they don't have any help. The mother-in-law is using suicidal threats as a form of emotional manipulation, threatening to take her own life and named my sister and her husband. Due to the current situation, my sister is experiencing severe stress, driven by the fear of malicious legal action from her in-laws. She consulted a local lawyer and was told that the current law favors presents and there is not much they can do. The another lawyer advised them to reconcile with parents. What can she do to defend herself from this threat or prepare if it actually happens.
Asked 11 hours ago in Family Law
Religion: Hindu
5 Answers
She can file complaint against the same with police but for only apprehension that she will file any malacious prosecution no remedy can’t be exercised in advance
Dear Sir/Madam,
In Canada, your sister should treat every suicide threat as real: call 911 (or 988 for suicide crisis support) each time, and keep copies of all texts, calls and messages. (Canada)
A person merely naming them in a threat or note does not automatically make them legally liable; police action still requires evidence and reasonable grounds. (Department of Justice Canada)
If the threats or harassment continue, they can ask local police/court about a peace bond, which is a court order used where someone fears harm.
If the mother-in-law (MIL) makes a threat, your sister needs a record of it to prove she and her husband are being harassed, not the other way around. She can record phone calls or in-person interactions where threats occur can be vital.
She can file a "Police Intimation" or a "Station Diary" entry at the local police station. This is not an FIR (criminal complaint) but a formal record stating: "We are being threatened with false implication and emotional blackmail; the individual has a history of mental health issues; we have moved out to maintain peace." This acts as a crucial "pre-emptive strike" if a case is filed later. In many jurisdictions, threatening to commit suicide to frame someone constitutes criminal intimidation or extortion. A lawyer can help determine if she should file a formal complaint regarding these threats.
Courts have repeatedly held that if a person is highly sensitive or mentally ill, and their family has simply distanced themselves for their own well-being, that distance does not constitute abetment. Your sister moving out to live her own life is a legal right, not a crime.
If possible, communication should happen through a third party or in writing only.
If the MIL threatens suicide, instead of engaging, your sister or her husband should immediately call the emergency services or a suicide hotline to report it. This shifts the responsibility to professionals and creates an official record that the family tried to get her help.
Has she or her husband already made any formal reports to the police about these threats?
Dear client
Your sister is in a vulnerable state both legally and psychologically. Threats of suicide are being used as leverage against her, which makes it necessary for her to take preventive action and establish a legal record.
1. Document everything, including WhatsApp chats, phone calls (if applicable), and messages that contain threats (for example, “I will blame you”). All this documentation will serve as critical evidence in denying the act of abetment of suicide under Section 108 BNS.
2. Immediately after collecting your documentation, you should send a written complaint to both the local police department and to the SP via email. In the complaint, include:
A) Information about your mother-in-law’s mental state and that she is currently in a mental health program;
B) A history of suicide in your mother-in-law’s family persists;
C) Any ongoing threats of false implications.
By filing with both law enforcement entities, you will have created a record that will protect you in the future if/when she decides to falsely accuse you of something.
3. You should file either a NC (non-cognizable) or diary entry for harassment and intimidation. Regardless of whether an FIR is issued, this type of filing will documented the aggressors actions.
4. You could file a preventive writ under Article 226 in the High Court for protection against false implication and police harassment.
5. You should maintain physical distance from her so that you avoid being in proximity or experiencing a confrontation.
6. If the threats continue to escalate, you should have law enforcement conduct a well check on your mother-in-law.
Do NOT ignore threats. In these situations, documenting the events and filing your initial complaints will provide the greatest protection possible against future false accusations by the aggressor.
