Legal questions on Family Law

Legal advice regards to mental torture

I am from Telangana and I have been in an arranged marriage from almost 7 years, but it has been a disaster. My wife is manipulative and if I don't do as she wants, there is always a fight. For 6 years I suffered and it affected me physically and mentally. She is violent to my kid and aggressive. There were many instances she left the home and went to her parents. This time she and her father a...

Wife not ready to stay with husband in husbands' paternal house after retirement?

SIr, I have following questions? 1. I am an 36 yrs old Ex-servicemen retired after 15 years of service on Jul 2021, I got married on Nov 2013. During my service period my wife was staying with me but after my retirement she refused to stay with my parents in my native place. 2. She had a complicated VP shunt surgery on 2016 because of which she can't deliver a child naturally or it could get ...

Child custody

I was working in USA on h1b visa. My wife also was in USA on dependent visa. We have 4 year USA born and USA citizen child. 1.5 year back we came visited India and wife wanted to stay 3 more months India with her parent. So I agreed and went back USA alone. My wife joined govt job and she don’t want to come back USA. She was settled in USA for 3 year. She lied in address, my income and hided t...

Daughter in laws harassment

My son marriage was performed at Hyderabad on 12th June 2023. Since girl father was not there, we have taken complete responsibility and performed all the marraige activities like writing lagnapatrika (wedding card), doing marriage, engagement, and kanyadanam etc., bearing all expenses by us. From 12th to 17th June 2023 bride and bridegroom were travelled between my house (Hyderabad) and An...

My family is abusive towards me, and I am 16 years old

My family (Mother, Father, Elder Sister) are currently and have been extremely neglectful and abusive towards me for my entire life. My parents have not been physically violent towards me, however they have been violent towards my sister. My sister has Narcissitic Personality Disorder (Clinically Diagnosed) and she cannot see anyone else happy (that is not an exaggeration, it is her mindset)...

Dealing with abusive family as an adult

Hi, I'm a 31-year-old male living in Okhla. I have been dealing with clinical depression for about 15-17 years and general depression for about 7-8 years. I'm currently working as an engineer in Noida, but I've been on the bench ever since I joined this organization, which is nearly 2 years now. I have experienced physical and verbal abuse for as long as I can remember. At 31, the physical a...

Alimony related

I live abroad and was married for an Indian women for a very brief period of time. I came to know later that she has hidden many things from her past, including the fact that she was a divorcee. So i sent her back to India and asked for a mutual divorce. She filed a interim maintenance (crpc 125) case against me and court sent the petition which i did not receive as I had changed my apartment. ...

Emotional abuse and dowry demand

I got married in 2022 of February. From the day one of my marriage,my in-laws started torturing me emotionally and verbally. Every time I am trying to convey this to my parents and friends but they are telling like "saas-bahu jagada is common in every home so no need to worry about this and things will settle down in few days". I hoped for that only but things are going too bad and My husband i...

Divorce

Hello Sir. I am from India. I love a guy also in India. Last year, his cousin passed away and he had 2 kids. When his family got to know about our relationship, they did not want us to marry. Being single in the family, the family & society pressurised my boyfriend to marry his bhabhi (his cousin's wife) legally. But my boyfriend does not love her. After many family discussions, he had no ot...

Divorce

I married on 30 Jan 2023 and me& husband together for 8 month . My law and my family had argument on 4 June’23 has my dad gifted scorpio as dowry he parked that car at my home without informing my parents . On 3rd sep my mother in law has filled complaint in SDM Office against me and my husband to vacant the property has property owned by my mother in law .my husband put audio recording device ...

Fake allegations for DV, dowry harrassment and maintenance

We were married for 2 years, however she had stayed with hardly for 4 months in total not exceeding more than 15 days at a strech, she always used to go back to her home and expects me to join in her house as she is lone child for her parents i tried to work on my relation for 2 years by consoling her, if i deny her from going to her home she used to threaten me with suicide, so i kept silen...

Domestic Violence by Wife

Hi Team, My name is Sameer.. I am a Muslim.. I got married in the year 2018.. Currently I am having 2 kids 3 years old and 4 years old.. Durning first pregnancy my wife started behaving odd like not sleeping for the whole nights, cleaning utensils in the midnight, late night going out of house, unnecessary arguments which are irrelevant.. later many friends suggested that it is because ...

Forced to sign MoU for mutual divorce

I signed a MoU with my wife for filing a petition for divorce under mutual consent. Someone from my wife side called my father and said that he is a senior police officer, and my wife is coming on so and so date, and she wants divorce and so and so amount. He also warned my family not to speak to anybody as they have my previous calls recorded on the basis of which they will file complain...

Right to privacy

I'm an engineer currently staying in Bangalore for my job with my wife and son. I have been married for more than 7 years and my son is 2 years old. My father is retired pensioner and my mother is a housewife, they both are old. My parents struggle financially and I consider this my duty as a son to help my parents. But my wife does not want me to send money to my parents and she fights and ...

Fraud

Dear Sir, This is concerning my very close friend's daughter. We got this proposal from a Indian matrimony site & the boy kept on talking w/girl's father &managed 2 convince him that he is a very good person. He had m/engineering degree and MBA which we dint check his documents. He said he want 2 try for US & setle there. We r Muslims & got her married in India as per Muslim rituals & also r...

Non consumation of marriage

Hi, In my case, me and my wife had been married since 27 days and non consumation of marriage has happened. However, we indulged in oral sex etc. One day on instigation of her parents my wife asked me that it has been 1 month since the marriage has not been consumated (reason was also that she said refused kids for 1 year) (She has night duty and I have day although I work at home). To which I ...

Ex-Wife is not withdrawing 498a case, which she agreed to withdraw in agreement made in Family Court

I got divorced in June 2023 by mutual consent. Agreement was made such that i will give half the amount after decree of divorce and other half will be paid after withdrawing of 498a case. The first half was paid by DD at the time of decree. I am divorced now. As per agreement, now my ex-wife is not withdrawing the 498a case in trial court. First two hearing she did not appear before...

How can i get rid of this marriage?

I was in a relationship with a boy from 2018 to 2022, I married him while our Gotra was close, despite everyone's wishes, we got married in Ghaziabad Arya Samaj Mandir in November 2022 and got the same registration done. My parents and all the family members were against it, the boy was already divorced and he also has a daughter, and he did not even earn anything, whereas I have a government j...

Future line of actions in this scenario

Hi. I got my sister married through matrimony but issue started after 1 week of marriage he is already contact with another girl before marriage and same continues he is not even concerned about our efforts and just for the sake of satisfying his parents he did this he did all things for forcing my sister out by abusing and getting drunk and even threatened us in calls in midnight so we got our...

I laws harrasment

Hi, I was married 3 years ago, after marriage I am staying with my husband, Mil and Sil (she is separated from her husband; she filed false DV cases against him and harassing him; still, the case is going on), my fil was expired. My mil/sil constantly abuses me without any reason and always demands that I stay away from my parents. My husband is not supportive and always advises me to...