Anonymous 27 September 2015

is dovorce after 14 years of marriage not possible?

is dovorce after 14 years of marriage very difficult to win? Dear sir, can the experts on panel help me on this? I am hindu man married for 14 years with 2 daughters of age 13 & 8. I want to get divorcd. My wife is increasingly out of control, fights over every small things, does not talk to me. She has not been talking to me after birth of my second daughter and fights. She has been avoiding my ompany and we have not had s*x for almost 10years. I had been adjusting to all this for my kids but now off late 6 months she is not providing me food daily over an issue when i tried to teach something to my daughters. She is smartly not allowing my children to be close with me. She does not talk properly with my parents. she is wholed up in the house all the time and does not want to meet anybody. she is not allowing my daughters to talk to me. I had been adjusting to all this for my children but now even they are not talking to me properly. I have started to live lone in the same house in a separate room without any love & support in spite of marriage eating from outside. she is threatening not to give me divorce and make my life miserable if I file for divorce. She once clearly said she had been using me only for money as she is not working. I need advice on grounds of seeking divorce in this case and process for this. I also need to kno if getting a divorce after 14 years of marriage is difficult to win the case? If winning divorce is dofficult is there a legal way to live separately? Pl help with advice immediately

Reply Follow

8 Replies

SAINATH DEVALLA (LEGAL CONSULTANT) 27 September 2015

Mr.Anonymous reveal UR identity for a suitable reply from the legal experts.Anonymous queries are not answered.

Augustine Chatterjee,New Delhi (Advocate & Solicitor at Law) 27 September 2015

There is no bar in pursuing a divorce case after 14 years of the marriage. In case you feel the need to separate ways, go for a divorce case. Rather the fact that the marriage has subsisted for so long shall help u fight any false criminal cases that might be initiated by your wife.

prabhakar advocate (advocate) 27 September 2015

Fourteen years of marriage is not a bar to get divorce, if you have valid grounds, i.e., cruelty and capable to prove it in the court. Engage a good advocate and you will get divorce.

Anonymous 27 September 2015

Thanks a lot Augustine & Prabhakar. The doubt is due to low confidence level given by advocates whom i have already approached. The advocate says my wife side would put a false blame that i have a new affair hence the new found interest to divorce her. Adv also said that only divorce by mutual consent will be effective in my case as in such case the judgement will be purely based on the judges personal opinion and the judgement would support my wife only. But my wife is threatening that she will not give divorce and ruin my life. The advicate says that only less than 5% possibility of contesting & winning this divorce. Is this true that this divorce case cannot be won? How to go about this case? sainath:my name is Prabhu

prabhakar advocate (advocate) 28 September 2015

I recall one decision delivered by justice Mr. Kailash Gambhir of Delhi High Court in 2013/2014, where in both husband and wife are above 80 years and he granted divorce to the husband despite abouot 50 to 60 years of married life, saying that the husband needs mental peace atleast at the fag end of his life.

Anonymous 10 October 2015

Thanks prabhakar. I have 2 more queries: 1) i understand i have to file case on grounds of cruelty and mental torture. how to collect evidence of my wife' s actions? She has taught wrong ideas about me to my children. I doubt if even they will prove as good evidence against my wife. 2)will my wife be able to file dowry harassment and s*xual abuse cases on me if i file for divorce. If yes, how to overcome it?

advocatepassy@gmail.com 971794 (Advocate) 20 October 2015

Many men are in the same situation as you are after certain numbers of years. In fact their percentage would be much higher than we all expect. Anyway for divorce, age is not a factor. There will be problems but if you have decided to end this relationship for ever, almost half battle is won. Now meet some expert divorce lawyer in Your City.