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icon My husband has filed a divorce case

My husband has filed a divorce case. I also want divorce from him, but don't want to waste time and money behind the case. Can I just appear before the judge and say I don't want to contest the case,


A. Dear Client!

You need to appoint an Advocate who can represent you and can ask the client to convert the case for mutual consent divorce and can do the needful.

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icon My friend and his wife had filed for a mutual consent divorce

My friend and his wife had filed for a mutual consent divorce over a year back. They don't live together anymore but the thing is the woman is not filing the case n instead threatening them of legal c


A. Dear Sir,
Ask your friend immediately get copy of final divorce after MCD before his wife come and withdraw from MCD.

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However the case is settled like exparte or anything will it be updated in ecourts Bangalore the same way or it only tells settled in mediation??


A. Hello Sir,
there cannot be an exparte order in mediation as mediation is a voluntary process which needs both parties to come together to sit and talk in the presence of a mediator. Additionally, E-courts will not give you details of the case so you need to get copies for the same.
Hope this helps.

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icon Divorce Maintenance

my salary is 1 lakh per month .I am paying for life insurance 27,000 per month ,rent 15,000 per month ,medical 15000 and other monthly spending around 20000 , how much maintenance I have to give my wi


A. Dear Sir,
normally the wife is entitled 25% of your net salary and each child is entitled for 15% of your salary. Your insurance premium doesn't include in the category of expenditure. The formula for calculating alimony is as follows:
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Supreme Court sets alimony benchmark: 25% of ex-husband’s net salary
The Supreme Court has set a benchmark for maintenance to be paid by a husband to his estranged wife, stating that 25% of his net salary might constitute a "just and proper" am ...ReadMore

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icon I don't want divorce. I want to stay with him

2 years ago we got married. After 3 months there were some quarrels so we are living separately. Sir I don't want divorce. I want to stay with him but now he asked me to come with property in your nam


A. Dear Client
you can solve problems through mutual consent and take help of marriage counsellors. Property part is not clearly mentioned.
Hope it helps.

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icon About divorce

From 2yrs onwards We are living separately after marriage.now my husband want divorce from me.is it possible to get divorce without my permission


A. Dear Madam,
Normally, without your permission and contesting the case no divorce can happen. But, be alert that your husband may give wrong address and get it delivered on wrong address or paper publication may be taken to get ex-parte divorce judgment.

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icon Mutual consent divorce

Can husband withdraw the mutual petiton filed and 2nd motion pending while given undertaking to pay alimony to wife as both are software engineers in USA ? The promise was made by husband under the


A. Since a mutual divorce petition is filed jointly by both the parties together therefore either of the parties cannot withdraw such petition on their own but yes, either of the parties can submit their opinion or free consent before the learned court without any fear or force whether agreeing to give mutual divorce or not agreeing for the same.

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icon Divorce without maintenance

I stayed in my wife's house for 20 years and married since 13 years. She managed her house on my salary alone. I have made no property and she has 2 flats on her name. Now I physically separated and w


A. Dear Sir,
You may file a divorce and also claim maintenance for yourself saying that you are unemployed and unable to earn.
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SECTION 24 OF HINDU MARRIAGE ACT

24 Maintenance pendente lite and expenses of proceedings. —

Where in any proceeding under this Act it appears to the court that either the wife or the husband, as the case may be, has no independent income sufficient for her or his support and the necessary expenses ...ReadMore

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icon Divorce - My sister has been married for the last 8 years

My sister has been married for the last 8 years and she isn't happy with her marriage. She also has a daughter of 4 years. The husband and in-laws never treated her the way she wanted to be treated an


A. Hi client,
Your sister can file a contested divorce case, a maintenance case and a custodial suit for her child against the husband.

Thanks and Regards
Simi Paul

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icon Contested divorce - How much do I have to give as alimony

How much do I have to give as alimony for 1 year of marriage after divorce and how long. has she been educated and not working, she is at her home. I am employed abroad and she is in Kerala. She is as


A. Dear Client!

If your wife is well educated and sitting at home. Then she can not seek alimony from you as she can maintain herself.

There are numerous judgment of High Court and Supreme Court which clearly says that an educated woman can mantain herself and not entitled to claim alimony or maintenance.

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