Srinivas (.) 23 May 2014

Is it possible to claim maintaince after divorce

Hi All, If wife filed divorce under sec 13 1 ia,ib and got exparte divorce without alimony and Maintaince and no child .

Is it possible to wife to claim Maintaince and alimony after Divorce? Please advise. Thanks to all…

Adv.Vandana Vaidya (Advocate & Regd. Patent Attorney) 23 May 2014

Yes, as long as the wife does not remarry she has a right to claim maintenance from the husband even if she has been divorced.

satish bhaskar (Litigant) 23 May 2014

She has right to ask for it in court, court will decide, if it receives her petition, on merits.

ANAMIKA VICHARE (LAWYER) 24 May 2014

Your wife can ask for maintenance by filing Maintenance Appln u.s.125 of Cr.P.C. only

and she will get it till she gets remarried. But this hardly happpens

Gautam Kapoor (IT professional Studying Law) 24 May 2014

very possible and in most of the cases imminent

RAKHI BUDHIRAJA ADVOCATE (LAWYER AT BUDHIRAJA & ASSOCIATES SUPREME COURT OF INDIA) 18 June 2014

yes, it is possible. there are so many judgements on this point.