How to go about my divorce?

You can approach to the court in absence of your husband  to fixed up ex-parte hearing of the suit and file a petition for custody of your child.

You have no option except to fight this divorce case. Many Indian women in your place would foist false 498a charges on the husband to make him grant divorce.

Divorce

Very interesting.  The archaic and convoluted laws of India does not even spare women.  Where are the feminists.

@ tango, it is very very difficult to get a contested divorce.  Will ruin your life trying to get it. Best option is to forgive and forget and just go on as if it was all  a bad dream.  How to do it you yourself are the best decision maker.

• Apply for maintenance at the magistrate's court in the district where you live.
• If you are in doubt, your local court will tell you at which court to apply for maintenance.
• Go to the relevant court and complete and submit Form A: Application for a maintenance order.
• In addition to the completed form, submit proof of your monthly income and expenses, such as receipts for food purchases, electricity and/or rent bill payments.
• The court will set a date on which you and the person whom you wish to pay maintenance must go to the court.
• A maintenance officer and an investigator will investigate your claim and look into your circumstances.
• The court will serve a letter instructing a person to come to court on the person against whom the claim is brought to appear in court on a specific date to discuss the matter.
• The respondent then has a choice between agreeing to pay the maintenance as claimed, or contesting the matter in court.
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Go for MCD as it was your decision to break away from the relationship. It might cost you a bit but thats the only way.

Criminal sections wont help you as you will be tired of getting justice from the system and you have a good career ahead of you. Its nowhere written that only the "man" has to pay the "wife" irrespective of circumstances. In your case, you may have to bargain to compensate your husband as minimum as possible to dismantle the thread. 

Good luck.

Thats how the judiciary works and all NCW instead of pushing for efficient judiciary to provide justice, push parliamnet to amend more men slaughtering laws, whats the point to have more laws and take half the life of a peron to obtain justice in this dormant judiciary system.

Best, MCD.

What if you go without divorce decree?He is also in binding because of this marriage.Neither he can force you to co habit with him nor claim maintenance.

Originally posted by : Manish Udar
	You have no option except to fight this divorce case. Many Indian women in your place would foist false 498a charges on the husband to make him grant divorce. Divorce

Hello, : Manish Udar

what is your opinion about this greedy husband?

Ranee ji, the demand for assets is a sign of greed. Not a nice man. My personal opinion is that this may be considered as a demand for dowry, and the associated refusal to give a divorce may be considered as cruelty. So 498a may be applicable.

IPC 498a

thank you.... yup he wants my assets and the custody of my other daughter if i hand over then he is willing to give divorce... i don't want to file false complaints as i love law and order... infact wanted to be lawyer but my parents made me to study MBA...  i don't want to forgive and forget and go live with him again spending my life meaningless and wasting my efforts...  is there any law via where we can file a petition to show that from april 2008 have be living separately from him in order to get divorce? some tell me that if ur living separately for more than 5 years the court itself will grant divorce... is such statements true?

@tango

Separation is a ground for divorce but in your case, it will be a contested one and that runs for years. Instead of creating a monster out of your husband, approach him to amicably settle the divorce matter.

I dont understand why some woman create criminals out of men. neways this is my last post in this thread.