My friend is a 36 years old residing in GCC with her husband and small child of 4 yrs old for past 9 yrs , she married an Indian national knowing that he was already married with 2 children, when he married her he fogged her saying that he would soon give divorce to the first wife but till date this did not happen,when her child was born he left the house for past 4-5 yrs she struggling on her own , but he comes and goes she is now sick and tired of his behaviour towards her, she has also discovered the her husband is a womenizer , adultrious and flirts with several women their relation is getting worse day by the day. He has had several affairs with his colleagues and so called business partners he has even gone to the extent of getting himself registered to matrimonal sites and finding partners for getting married . He generally starts of with a chat or a business call then the casual chats began with others through chat sites, & with people he generally meets . For my friend it has been hard to face these situations repeatedly, making her insecure, scared and low and in fact already making her a single parent in reality! She has also now stumbled upon few evidences that show his recent chats with women of different nationalities. Having seeing this for years she is at the verge of giving up. BUT, without causing much of a trauma on the young child currently she has discoverd that he is Indulged in another Marriage In another country , with different identy ???
Her questions are:-
Can she opt for Annulment of Marriage since the Marriage never took place properly , she is holding a marriage certificate which is govt. attested and approved ?
All her legal /travel documents contain his name and she wants to cancel his name from all documents.?
Does she need to apply for seperation if she needs childs support or divorce.?
Where will the legal proceedings begin? does she need to travel to India for this or will the Indian Consulate help her out.
Appreciate your reply on providing answers to the above.
