Legal questions on Family Law

What are the grounds to file domestic violence case against in laws

I want to know whether I can file domestic violence case against mother in law father in law sister in law and brother in law to make me work like a maid and meri jethanj ko baithake rakhti hai. Usse kuch kaam nai karate and sab kuch usko hi dete hai and uske mann ki karte hai. Usko night dress pehnna allowed hai but mujhe nai and usse ghar kaa koi kaam nai karate and mujhe torture karte rehte ...

Divorce

Hi, I am not yet mairred. I used to like a man and after a month we decided to get married. He was of my caste so I thought my parents won't deny this mairrage. I used to talk to and wanted to let him know everything about my past so that we can built a strong root of our relationship. I spoke every detail of my past life to him. Then before he proposed me for mairrage I went for a vacation wit...

Seeking Legal Assistance for Relationship Betrayal and Emotional Distress

I am writing to seek your guidance regarding a very distressing personal situation. For the past 10 years, I have been in a relationship with a married man who promised to marry me. Over this period, I have discovered multiple instances of dishonesty on his part. Each time I confront him about his lies and broken promises, he deflects by suggesting that we "take a break" or focus on our care...

Risk assessment for child travel to India

I live in London and am going through divorce proceedings in the Family Court in England. Specifically, the purpose of this email is for the ongoing proceedings for Children matters and custody. My 3 year old son (Avyan) lives with my ex-wife. In the UK, if any parent has to travel internationally alone with the child, then a written consent is required from the other parent. We had our fir...

My Brother and His Wife's Dispute

My brother and his wife have been married for over 20 years and have been living in her father's house. For the past three years, due to my brother's inability to earn enough money to meet her needs, she has been distancing herself from him. She has been emotionally torturing him with false allegations, claiming he has relationships with other women. She even prevents him from going to work, th...

I have faced consistent psychological abuse and manipulation from my mother. It leads me to suicial ideation

I have faced consistent psychological abuse and manipulation from my mother. It leads me to suicidal ideation, thoughts of self harm, and loss of appetite. She also always plays the victim card and completely changes her tone in the presence of other people. I had moved away from the family home for may years and lived on my own, until covid happened. During covid, I thought that it would b...

Mental and physical abuse by wife

Dear legal team, My wife has been abusing me and my family(mother, father, sister, brother, cousins) verbally. Sometimes, physically abusing me right of my son(10) and daughter(4). I had to defense myself and not to abuse her back physically. Background: We migrated to a foreign country a couple of years back and I lost my job due to war/economic slowdown. I am not able to secure a job untill...

Family and Husband mental and physical torture.

My mother in law is very dominant lady and controls all acts and family members in her family. My father in law and husband cannot go against her. Every time she comes our home creates issues and leaves with fighting. After they leave my husband and my relationship becomes bitter. From begning she said bad about my religion, as our was inter religion marriage. When I was pregnant she came my...

Engagement break by boy's side.

Hello My name is Payal. I am working in IT sector. On 17th of March I got engaged and after that uptil everything was fine and suddenly my fiance told me to tell me about skincare and I told all the things to him and he asked it to my sister also she also told it but after that he says that I don't need anything for skincare after that I didn't tell him anything about it I thought maybe he will...

Child Visitation

I need your guidance on this. From past 2 years I I am on matrimonal dispute. Wife filed DV, 498A and recently filed Ward Guardianship as well for child custody. I had filed Divorce case only, initially. Under DV she didn't get any interim receive as she is working women and earning equal to me, However court had order that child is joint custody of both the parents hence school fee father ...

Can I argue my case with my lawyer?

I am a litigant in a civil case, there are some hyper technical issues in the case which calls for:- (a) interpretation of some provisions of some acts in wider amplitudes, with support of (b) relevant rulings of honourable Apex and High Courts. I the case, till now I have done all the research and presented all relevant material to my counsel and at times presented my points in front of hono...

Order on IA is passed by magistrate court

My wife has filed maintaince case on me in a magistrate court under section 23 of pwdv act. right now it is in petitioner evidence stage.. I received the ex-party Interim order as notice then I appointed a lawyer for my case. He is attending the case for objection and hearing and along with that he has gone for appeal for that order in the session court which is in Notice stage. Recently Orde...

Can I apply for nullity of marriage

I got married on 26/04/2024.. now it's 5 months After one month of my marriage I came to know about my husband's relationship with a lady for about three years . they were in live in relationship like husband and wife without getting married... When I asked about this with my husband again he lied to me like that lady is blackmailing me to be with her and misleading me to be with her my inte...

Divorce

I'm a married girl. I got married 8 months ago. It was an arranged marriage. I never talked to him before marriage which is why I didn't knew what type of person he is. Once I got married to him, I instantly started seeing his actual self which includes him being a big mouth (liar) and have a boasting personality and egoistic. Before he said that he never touched any kind of drink or drugs but ...

How long does it take to get devorce in india if it's a mutual consent divorce?

I have been married for almost a year now.my husband lied to me about his smoking habits even though when I asked him before marriage.i am a home maker and living in other country with him.he lied to me about his personality he said he was a very calm person but in reality he is very rude and short tempered..every time we fight he records our fights as proofs he acts calm when he turn on record...

Relationship

A boy from Kerala cheated me in the name of relationship and we planned to get married after 2 years unfortunately in one year itself his mom came to know and moreover before he said me he can face a family and promised me whatever comes he wil handle and even though he was in relationship with me he started speaking with his ex who left already and planned to leave me and go and stay with her ...

Divorce, child custody, alimony

Hello sir/ Madam, I would like to seek a divorce from my wife. We have been married for 11 years now but living separately since September 2019 as initially she faked her mental illness and later on she had an extra marital affair. After her first affair I reconciled for my kids future to avoid a broken family. However she still went ahead and pursued another affair with second person after 3 y...

My husband planning to leave

My sister is living with her husband in his family's home along with his parents. They used to have many issues between them mainly due to parents' and his sister's interference. Things were not going well but my sister adjusted a lot since she loved him but he never made any efforts and used to gossip and taunt my sister along with his family. Recently out of surprise her husband suggested tha...

Since 4 years my husband is away from me and my son

I am married in june'2017and stay in Hyderabad.My son born in MAr'2018. I only spent all expenses for my delivery and child vaccination till 1 year. during my son's 1st first birthday due to arguments between me my mother-in-law my in-laws didnot turnup to my son's 1st birthday party. Later my husband and my in-laws planned behind me and targetted on me to make my character bad in front of my p...

Wife with 2 children at in-laws home from last 5 months, not coming home

Dear all experts, This is my situation, please advise what I can do here. Marriage: April, 2007 From my side: I am not clear on what to do whether to file for divorce or go with a legal way to bring her back. Since last May, My wife has been at her father’s home (in the same city) and is unwilling to return. The quarrels at my home started when my father and mother started living w...