Legal Steps Against Offensive Father How to stay him away of my home and family.

7 months ago

We are a Hindu family. I am 32 years old, my wife is 30, and our son is 5 years old. My father is 60, my mother is 56, and my brother is 28 years old. We live together as a joint family. We come from a very weak financial background.

My father's behavior has been deeply troubling. He has been both mentally and physically abusive towards my mother, brother, and me since my childhood. He has consistently failed to fulfill financial responsibilities, neglecting school fees, rent for our school van, and other essential expenses or anything related to our well-being. We have always lived in rented houses, as he has never provided a permanent home. Additionally, he has a serious alcohol dependency issue.

His irresponsibility extends beyond finances; he treats us like enemies and has made our lives unbearable. It was an oppressive period for my mother, my younger brother, and me.

As I grew older and began earning, I took the initiative to build a stable home for our family, eventually purchasing one in my and my wife's name. However, my father continued to disrupt our lives and even harassed my wife, who comes from a different caste, often ordering her to leave the house in my absence.

My greatest concern is the negative influence he has on my 5-year-old son, who has witnessed this behavior since birth, learning undesirable habits from him directly and indirectly.

My father has a history of disappearing for extended periods, and he has been absent for the last one year. We know his whereabouts, and during this year he has multiple times attempted to confront my mother publicly on the road.
our information is he has started a small shop for his livelihood.

If he returns, he will undoubtedly disrupt our mental peace, affecting my work efficiency.

My mother is prepared to seek legal separation from him, but my question is whether it would still be my responsibility to take care of him even after they get divorced. If that is the case, it will be a more challenging situation than it is now.

I am seeking guidance on whether there is a legal way to keep him out of our home and away from our family permanantly. I simply want him to stay away from us due to his disruptive behavior, which causes significant problems.

Please advise on the available legal options and actions I can take.