Divorce and alimony
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Anonymous
(Querist) 23 January 2011
This query is : Open
Please advice
Hi,
I need some help & advice. I got married in July 2007 under special marriage act. My wife is a christian and i'm a Hindu. We've agreed to go in for a mutual divorce. We have a 2 year old son from our marriage. We have been staying seperately from last 1 and half years without any contact. All she calls me is for money for the child. I've been paying 3000 every month for the child. I have the below questions:
1. Do i have to pay her lifetime maintence?
2. Both of us work. I earn around 4L & she around 2.4L. Do i still have to pay her maintenence while she's earning?
3. She said she'll return back to her parents and delibretly stop working inorder to claim more maintaince from me. Is that possible.
4. What kind of one time settlement amount should i be looking for to settle this out of court.
5. She chose to live seperately even after my repeated requests for her to comeback and live with me and my parents. Her reason being she's not comfortable in the house as she cant practise her religion.
I never stopped her from going to church and neither my parents.
Please advice...
Thanks
