Legal questions on Family Law

Mental harassment

I am married since nov 2013, in December we went for 4 days for honeymoon afte returning back home my mother in law started saying that why did you both go for honeymoon in our generation we dint go anywhere after marriage and from that day the arguments and fights started. She put restrictions on me like i should not go in front of my husband after he returns from his office, i was not allowed...

Sister's ex-boyfriend threatening

My elder sister's ex boyfriend is threatening to kill family members, stalking us on social network sites even if he is blocked he creates a new id everytime and posing a threat to put personal pictures online on social network sites and defaming our family. he even threaten to kidnap one of the family member, he keeps calling every one or two minutes on everybody's cellphones and leaves messag...

Interim Maintenance & accommodation

I was staying abroad on a dependent visa of husband after my husband filed the petition for divorce. He was constantly pressurising me to not stay at his place as the petition is filed but I did not leave from the house. He never came to the house when I was there and eventually he left the job and thus my visa was cancelled and was forced to come to India. As I had the key of my matrimonial ho...

The so-called "adultery" and child custody

I have been married for eight years and I have a seven year old daughter. Due to constant physical, emotional and social harassment by my husband, I decided to part ways with him about 1.5 years back. My decision was primarily based on the emotional impact on both myself and my daughter who was growing up witnessing harassment and abuse to her mother on a regular basis. But for an initial perio...

Husband's harassment

My husband is alcoholic for more than 40 year . after death fo his first wife by drowning in pond with her new born child in suspicious condition,we got married in 1976. he is a central govt. employee of railway. he left me in his house with a girl child in bihar and went for his job in WB. for four year he dont contact me but he have secratly contact with his family(my inlaws) which I come to ...

Require a Suggestion

Hello Sir/Madam, I belong to a bengali middle class family. My parents stay in kolkata and me and my wife stay in Mumbai, as I work out from here. Before moving to Mumbai in Jan 2016, me and wife were staying in Chennai where we both used to work. I am married for 3 years. The journey has been with lot of ups and downs. However, in last 1.5 years the relationship was on positive side. Howev...

Schizophrenic woman's unreal complaint against her husband

My mother suffers from schizophrenia. And being delusional - a symptom of this mental disease, she believes my father has multiple affairs, spending all the money on bad woman and blames him everyday of the same. My father tolerates this torture quietly almost many a time, knowing well about her incurable disease. But rarely, he can't tolerate the false claims so well and accidentally raises hi...

Opinion Required

Dear Concern, I really appreciate and would like to thank in advance for your time & efforts for providing the required solution of our problem. We both are married couple, She has been married for 14 long years and I have been for last 04 years. It was an unwilling marriage of hers it was against her choice and had to take things accordingly as per her parent’s choice and I got married ...

My mother in law troubles me

Hi, I got married in 2015 Aug, my husband works in Bahrain. My MIL gets 3 months visiting visa there and then she goes to her elder son's place. My husband has been trying for her permanent visa or long term visa but it got rejected. Mine is a court marriage and muslim marriage too. From Aug till now my husband and I ve been visting each other's place. I have not stayed with him for long as we ...

Decvorce from sick wife

My brother got married(as per muslim rituals) in Feb 2016 and from the second day of marriage we get to know that the bride is ill as she falls suddenly wherever she stands and this happens 3 times in front of us within a weak. Also her behaviour was very unexpected and she is not accepting my brother as husband. Within 20 days of marriage her sickness getting worst and she is not able to stand...

Abandonment due to non payment of dowry.

My sister's husband is living in US.he came to India to marry her,he initially said that he didnot want dowry at all then he married her and left my sister here in Jan last year as she was waiting for a dependant visa(she is working in india and he lived with her for 3 days)and by march his sister and mother started demanding for dowry one day and next day he messaged my sister that my sister c...

False DV and dowry harassment case

Respected sir, My brother got married around 1 year and 2 months ago and after 2 months of marriage my SIL left our home as my Brother and mother refuced her demand of staying separatly (she did not want to live in joint family with my mom and elder brother's family). She has been staying in her mothers hone since last 1 year and quarreled with us many times over phone during this 1 year....

About settlement of terms and alimony to wife in mutual divorce

My wife is agreeing to a mutual divorce, but she is saying she cant live at her mothers house and would want to live separately, we mutually agreed that I would buy her a house in 6 to 10 months time (as i have to arrange finances) till then we will continue to live in my parents house as we were before only in different rooms as strangers. She insists that the house when I will buy should be i...

Dv

I’m 32 year old woman and mine is love marriage. It was an inter caste marriage. I was 21 year old when I got married and it was too early and without maturity in my thinking. It’s was in college days thinking. Immediately after college (graduation) got married. That was my wrong step which I can feel it now. Immediately after marriage from 7th day of my marriage I experienced very bad days. I ...

Is it mandatory to give maintenace when a talaq is obtained

Sir, My brother's second Marriage held on 26.08.2013, This is the second marriage for the bride too, but within 13 days of marriage life she left her husband and her motherin law on her will saying that her sexual contacts will be played by watching blue films, but this was not acceptable by her husband , we consoled many a times but not fruitful. She filed DV case and got all her valuable th...

should i demand for divorce or not?

meri love mariage hai mere mata pita chahte the ki mai unki pasand se shadi karu lekin jab maine unhe mana liya to unhone ha na karte huwe meri shadi meri preyasi se dhoom dham se karadi.patni ka swabhav chid chida hai isliye har bar wo chidchidkarke jor se baat karna gusse se baat karti thi or uske liye mai kuch bolu to wah apne mayke chali jati thi ya fir jaan dene ki dhamki deti,do bar usne ...

Husband conspiring and pushing for divorce

Dear Lawyer(s), I am a working professional lady from a low-middle class family. I got married (arranged) to an IT Professional 5 years back and have a 4 years old daughter. I found my husband's affair with one girl soon after the marriage and for that I had a serious argument with my husband. He ended up beating me. In the end everything was sorted out by elders of both families and we were i...

Divorce from India but residing in USA

Hello Lawyers, I am a male having issues with my married life. We got married on Jan 2010. I am a H1b visa holder and our marriage happened as per hindu marriage act. I am citizen of India living in USA. My wife recently started working for the same company where i work on her H4 EAD. She was always herrasing me that I should give her divorce and this has been going on forever. We dont have ...

Meaning of defaulter

Sir, the Family court decreed the husband to pay interim and final maintenance of 400,000 and husband declared defaulter, is it correct? Neither has applied for divorce, there is case us 498 in the Sessions court going for 3 years where the wife has not appeared even once and warrant has been issued against her and her parents. There is no case of financial fraud or mishandling of funds but the...

Regarding maintenance to my wife.

I got married in 2013 and we do have a beautiful son of age 1.5yrs. I'm earning 50k monthly and working in private MNC. I lost my parents as well both mom and dad. In 2015 yr my wife placed an case against me and returned 5lacs which is fixed deposited on both of us after that she took back case Now recently in feb 2016 she went back to her house and sent notice to me with all false info a...