• Divorce in New Jersey

One of my relatives daughter n son in law r in New Jersey since last 3 years. They r both Indian citizens n wants to obtain divorce by mutual consent in New Jersey ? They married in India n went to US on H1B visas. Can they apply for divorce in New Jersey?
Asked 10 years ago in Family Law
Religion: Hindu

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they can apply for divorce in USA on grounds recognised under Hindu Marriage Act they can also apply in India as marriage has been solemnised in india

Ajay Sethi
Advocate, Mumbai
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they can obtain the divorce either there nor here

Ananth Kumar
Advocate, Bangalore
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They can file divorce petition in New Jersey court

Nadeem Qureshi
Advocate, New Delhi
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To date they are not citizens of US. Neither the marriage was solemnized in US. Having regard to this, the judgment of divorce if obtained from the US court will have no validity under the Indian law.

Ashish Davessar
Advocate, Jaipur
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you can file divorce there on the basis of grounds recognised in india

Rajeev Bari
Advocate, New Delhi
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