Legal questions on Family Law

How to prove income of husband in family business?

Husband disclosed a income of Rs.1.5 lakhs per month from business taken over from his father before marriage. However, after marriage I discovered the business is solely run by father in law and all income is retained by him. My husband assists in the business but is not gainfully employed. FIL gives only a monthly sum of Rs.10k for savings. Even personal expenses or extra costs was borne by m...

Abusive Father/Husband

I am an 19 year old girl living with my parents. My mother is a simple housewife and my dad has worked multiple jobs, I'm writing this in order to take a step towards bringing justice to my integrity and my mother's life. Which is both on stake right now, even after living off in Mumbai since my birth, I have never once felt liberated. Mostly because I was never taught how to take pride in free...

Illegal relationship

My wife (31) had an illegal relationship with her college student (23Y) who was depressed due to love failure. Both started as friends but ended up kissing and sexting and calling over the phone, talking for several hours. I caught this and separated both. Now both have not been in contact for more than 3 months. The student is suspended from college, but my wife is still working in the same co...

Forced seperation by husband

I am one year married . I lived with my husband and his family (his mother, elder brother with 2 sons , father, my sister in law left the house 1 yr back and in seperation with my brother in law) . I left his house with ill health for the misbehaviour of my brother in law and mother in law and I am staying at my parent's home for 2.5 months . Now my husband is denying me to enter into ma...

Divorce

So basically this guy had a troubled marriage, the couple is Indian , lives in dubai since last approx one year. The woman has been a nuisance in his life ever since they married 19 years ago, 2 kids… now the guy has had enough bcz the woman can’t stop fighting unnecessarily. She accused him of sleeping around with some other woman, which as per the husband is bullshit and he said he can prove ...

Fought with own sister for ni reason.

Friday (23/02)2024 this very small accident happened in my home. I work as a Assistant professor in private college. I live with my parents, I'm unmarried. With us younger brother lives. My younger sister elope 16 years ago , from then I was humiliated with adverse effect , we listened lot by people because of her decision. Like literally for me mentally trauma. In my absence always she visits ...

Mental harrasment by father

Hello my name is Satish and my age is 34. My father destroyed my life after death of my mother. My father is a Sanskrit Teacher in KV Mughalsarai. He made me emotional and forced me to leave job from Mumbai in 2015 as there was nobody after mother to take care of him. He wanted to get married again and searching for it but didn't found it. Then he told me that no one is there to handle our hous...

Distress cause by daughter in law

It is a case concerning my grandmother, who is my mother's mother. My mother's brother got married in 2011. Since then, the daughter-in-law has caused chaos in the household, attempting to sow discord among the family members. My mother's family consists of four siblings: three daughters and one son, with my mother being the second daughter. Two years ago, my grandfather passed away, and shortl...

Threat from in-laws, brother-in-laws and wife

Good Evening Lawersabs🙏 At the outset, thanks for your very valuable & eye opening clarifications. My wife is staying in my rented flat in Navi Mumbai along with my 10 Yrs.old Elder daughter. My wife and in-laws and Brother-in-laws are keep on harrassing & insulting me with their bad words (WIFE ALWAYS TELLING LIES) for the last 11 years  and Father in-law and Brother-in-law THREATENED me...

Cruelty and emotional blackmailing by deserted wife

I got married in 2013, in early 2022 she left home with my younger daughter aged 4 yrs. for inviting my parents for a ritual gathering. I'm with my elder daughter aged 11 years since then. It is found that she was instrumental in spoiling harmony in my sister's matrimonial life by provoking dialogues and encouraging my Sister's In-Laws to help harass her further which was ongoing by then and ph...

Suggestion on Marriage not Consummate and Maintenance

Hi, Have married 2 months before. After arrange marriage we have foreplay but never had sexual intercourse. We went to hotel and honeymoon as well wherein we still does not had anything (girl also mentioned that on WhatsApp chat as well "that we did not had physical intercourse"). she always give reason that she need time to get emotions and then we will live as husband and wife. Girl li...

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...