Sunday, November 3, 2013

Legal query on how to proceed when a divorce case is filed by wife....



Q 1. Please guide me what precaution should be taken in my case. They file a case in U/S 13 [1] [i-a] sec. 24 & sec. 25. And demand 40 thousand as interim maintenance. & 20 lakhs as compensation after nearer to two years separation. Reason given I have no responsibility in my family. Fact is I & my brother has to carry burden of my grandfather, my father & mom and my youngest bro. whereas she is form elite family but because of death of her father they make a scene like professional that they r hand to mouth. She is BA with ECCE and was worked with tree house before that what they told. For us to fulfill their demand is next to impossible. My first hearing will be on 19th Nov. they also intentionally mentioned my wrong address in petition but post people deliver regd. letter recently - after 15 days with necessary changes in pin code, name of suburb. Chances are if they [post people form diff. post office - I have track record with help of registration no.] don't take trouble, I may not receive it. How to prepare our petition. Time is very short. They also blame for mental cruelty. I came to know from other sources that they file police complaint in their area. Form letter experience now I believe there are chances they also filed complaint with wrong address. So in that case do police take action if I present in court of their jurisdiction? What shall I do? Please. help & guide. My case is in thane court. They belong to a very elite family having political, judiciary and contacts in police circle. Reason is me and my family deny obeying them like dog. CNN.
Ans. Well, when such a divorce petition is filed by any of the parties in your case your wife; you must first appear in Court through a local lawyer, who will represent you before the Court. Please try to see that, this lawyer has sufficient knowledge of family law cases. Now while replying to the petition, you must first write para wise your contention and how the matter has reached to this stage. Then you must reply to her petition sentence wise and para wise, you have a right to deny and say all that is stated is false. You can also reject all her claims; you can also submit your financial responsibilities  and state how financially she is sound, add proofs of her finances if available like salary slips, bank balance, property if any. In case she has left you on her own without your consent, you can say so and this is also a ground where you can deny any maintenance to her. The Court will not grant whatever she has claimed, so do not worry, but the burden to prove that she is not eligible to all this claim is yours. So do submit everything in detail.
Q 2. Notice [petition]  is back dated on petition. And no marking of any type of court marking. With covering letter of her advocate had a date on covering letter is recent. My address is mentioned wrong so I get the post after 10-15 days. Thankful to different area of postal authority. From this my observation, like to know is it FOUL PLAY played? This is FIRST HEARING or FINAL HEARING. CNN.
Ans. This is no issue, as long as you have got the notice. You can mention you correct address in your reply to the petition. You can take this plea of foul play in your petition; if you are sure your wife knows and has lived with you on the address where you reside. It is possible that, she has done deliberately so that, 1) she gets time to reconcile with you or to decide if filing the petition is the last go; 2) Maybe she wanted a divorce ex-parte (uncontested), so that, it will be faster since you will not object to whatever she has said in the petition. Your case has just begin and will take anywhere between 1-3 years, if you decide to contest it, however, if you compromise, the case can be settled in a short time.

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