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Dear Client,
Your query lacks information. In the query, you neither mention the age of the person to be adopted nor the age of the adoptive parents. However, be informed that only a person under 18 years of age can be legally adopted in India. The maximum age for a single parent to adopt is 55 years, and the maximum composite age for a couple is 110 years. According to Section 4(a) of the Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Act,1956, the age of majority is 18, but if a person is under the care of a

Dear Client,
Your query suffers from a lack of information and transparency to address it suitably. However, be informed that to enforce maintenance order granted under Section 125 of Cr. PC, court can issue various orders, including attachment of the salary or property of the husband. Non-compliance can also lead to imprisonment, as per Section 125(3) of the Cr. PC. To obtain certified copy of the order of maintenance, you need to apply with requisite fees to the Registry of the Court that pa

Dear Client,
Yes, to enforce maintenance order granted under Section 125 of Cr. PC, court can issue various orders, including attachment of the salary or property of the husband. Non-compliance can also lead to imprisonment, as per Section 125(3) of the Cr. PC.

Dear Client,
An individual gets the right to ancestral property by birth. Typically, ancestral property refers to property that has been inherited for four or more generations and has not been divided or sold off. Grandfather's property is ancestral property in the hands of the grandchildren. After the amendment of the Hindu Succession Act in 2005, daughters, regardless of their marital status, were given the right to claim their share both in ancestral property and self-acquired property(if le

Dear Client,
Your query lacks information and transparency to address it properly. However, be informed that both under Section 25 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, and under Section 125 Cr. PC(Section 144 of BNSS), any person having sufficient means is liable to support his wife and children, provided she is unable to maintain herself and children, once an application is filed by the aggrieved spouse seeking maintenance from her husband in the Family Court. Certain guidelines with regard to mai

Dear Client,
As regards hiring of a new Advocate to represent your DV case in the Court, be informed that a litigant can add any number of advocates to represent him/her in the court; there is no limit to this. He/she can also replace his/her Advocate if he/she has lost faith or confidence in the Advocate. He/she has the right to change counsel at any stage of the court proceedings. Once he/she clears the Advocate's professional bills, he is bound to provide an NOC and if the Advocate is not re

Dear Sir,
Section 8(2) & 8(3) of the Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act, 1956 (HMGA)

This provision requires mandatory prior permission of the District Court before a minor’s immovable property is sold, mortgaged, gifted, or leased beyond 5 years.

Court: District Court (in Kerala, usually Family Court has jurisdiction for guardianship cases).

Dear Client,
A person can restart his or her life afresh at any stage or age if she or he is self-motivated to do so. If you feel you can manage yourself outside without the support of your parents/family for all your needs, nothing prevents or restricts you from walking out of your paternal home to look for the destiny of your choice. In the given scenario, you can file a complaint against your abusive mother and brother, who subjected you to domestic violence or hurt you verbally and mentally

Dear Client,
Your query is a little bit of confusing to address it properly. However, be informed that Section 25 of Code of Civil Procedure (CPC) empowers the Supreme Court to transfer suits on the application of a party in a matrimonial suit. If the Supreme Court is satisfied that an order under this section is expedient for the ends of justice, it can direct that any suit, appeal or other proceedings be transferred from a High Court or other Civil Court in one State to a High Court or other

Dear Client,
Domestic violence is defined comprehensively under Section 3 of the PWDV Act, 2005, comprising Physical, mental, verbal, emotional, sexual, and economic abuse, Harassment for dowry, and acts of threatening to abuse the victim or any other person related to her. So, shared household or living under the same roof does not necessarily require committing an abuse of a victim of domestic violence where a domestic relationship exists. Accordingly, your mother can file a complaint against