I HAVE POSTED A PROBLEM FEW DAYS BACK. WIFE STAYING AT HER PARENTS HOUSE WITH HER 5 YRS OLD SON. HUSBAND STAYS ALONE SEPARATELY. WIFE RECENTLY GOT SELECTED IN ORISSA CIVIL SERVICE EXAM ( OAS ) CONDUCTED BY OPSC. NO CASE HAVE BEEN FILED YET BY HISBAND OR WIFE IN COURT /P.S. HOWEVER IN OCS EXAM WIFE MENTIONED HER FATHER SURNAME AND NOT HER HUSBAND SURNAME.
Q1. CAN A MARRIED LADY USE HER FATHER SURNAME AFTER MARRIAGE WITHOUT DIVORCING HER HUSBAND.
Q2. DOES THIS SITUATION CAN LEAD TO GIVE 2 DIFFERENT IDENTITY OF A SAME PERSON. DOES THIS ACT BY WIFE IS ILLEGAL ? KINDLY NOTE THE WIFE HAVE HER NAME ENROLLED IN THE VOTER LIST AT HER PARENTS HOUSE CONSTITUENCY WITH HER PARENTS SURNAME. SIMULTANEOUSLY SHE ALSO HAVE ENROLLED HER NAME IN THE VOTER LIST AT HER HUSBAND HOUSE CONSTITUENCY USING HER HUSBAND SURNAME. DOES THIS ACT IS LEGAL ? IT GIVES 2 DIFFERENT IDENTITY OF A SAME PERSON. POSSIBLITY MAY ARISE THAT THE WIFE MAY TRY TO GET 2 DIFFERENT PASSPORT WITH ONE HER PARENTS SURNAME AND THE OTHER HUSBAND SURNAME. KINDLY NOTE SHE IS NOW A PUBLIC SERVANT AS AN OFFICER IN ADMINISTRATION.
Q3. IN FUTURE IF THE WIFE DIED BEFORE HER RETIREMENT OR BECOME PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED THEN CAN HER SON CLAIM ANY COMPENSATION OR JOB . THE SON IS USING HIS FATHER SURNAME. WILL IT NOT BE A HERCULEAN TASK FOR THE SON TO PROOVE THAT THE LADY WITH HER FATHER SURNAME & HER PARENTS SURNAME ARE SAME PERSON AND IS HIS MOTHER.
Q4. IS IT NOT ILLEGAL FOR A MARRIED WOMAN TO USE HER PARENTS SURNAME AFTER HER MARRIAGE AS THE MARRIAGE IS SOLEMINISED AS PER HINDU RITUALS, CEREMONY AND HINDU MARRIAGE ACT.
Q5. CAN A MARRIED WOMAN WHO IS USING HER PARENTS SURNAME AFTER MARRIAGE IS ELIGIBLE TO CLAIM MAINTENANCE FROM HER HUSBAND IF SHE IS NOT WORKING.
KINDLY ADVICE.