I differ with the opinion of Mr Bharat Chugh under section 13 of the Hindu marriage act as the author of the post is a catholic as the name suggests. The Divorce Act 1869 can be invoked to dissolve the marriage between the parties professing Christian religion and who are domiciled in India . It is sufficient that one of the parties who is a Christian when the petition was filed. The original Act has been amended by Act 51 of 2001 for the removal of gender inequality in the matter of grounds of divorce as available to husband and wife under section 10 of the Act. Under Section 10, either the husband or the wife may present a petition to the District Court seeking dissolution of marriage on the ground of adultery, ceasing to be Christian, incurably of unsound mind, suffering from virulent and venereal disease for two years. Not been heard of as being alive for seven years, willful refusal to consummate the marriage, failure to comply with a decree for restitution of conjugal rights, desertion for two years or more, that they have not been able to live together and that they have mutually agreed that their marriage should be dissolved.
I presume MCD is a better option for the above author provided that his wife agrees to it and in the MCD itself if terms for shared parenting could be put forth and agreed upon by both the parties . But maintanence would have to be provided both to his wife as well as the kid , since getting custody of the child below 5 yrs would be a difficult option .