Good Morning,
Me and wife are not living together form the past 18 months due to irreconciable differences. I live in the USA and she lives in Bangalore. She filed a divorce case an year ago accusing me of cruelty and am contesting it via my lawyer. I didn't go to India to file Vakalat, but got it notorised in Indian Embassey here in USA and courierd it. The 2 parties have recently agreed verbally for a alimony settlement.
My lawyer is suggesting that the current case be dropped and the 2 parties shall file a mutual divorce. He also said, with mutual divorce, I will have to come down to India twice, the 2nd appearance sometime 6 months later.
The problem for me is I don't have much leave options left this year and cannot travel 2 times. I want to travel just once, say for 2 weeks, ask for mediation and get the decree. This idea was rejected by my lawyer. He says settling the matter in mediation center is like accepting all my wife's allegations. So he is insisting on a mutual divorce.
What is the experts take on my case? Assuming that the court blesses our request for medaition and the mediation is indeed successful, do you think I can get a divorce quick without having to file a new mutual petition? And do you agree with my lawyer that settling via mediation is like accepting my wife's allegations?
