Maintenance

1. if your friend can prove that she has deserted him than no maintanence . 

2. if child is with the father than she cannot even claim maintanence for the child 

3. If your friend can prove that his wife has sufficient means to maintain herself /working and is having other sources of income than once again no maintanence .

Dear Sir,

Thanks for the quick response.

Rs.20 lac in her FDR's can be proved as he has got 5 year old court order of her last divorce in which it was mentioned and the same was kept in FDR of 10 years.She has good interest income.She stays in her parents house who have 2 own houses and good income from rent, interest and pensions.His only unmarried brother is also working in a good position.

Regarding her current job he knows where is working and in one of her mails  after desertion she admitted that she is working but no clear proof is there like salary slip, appointment letter etc.

Please advise what else is required to avoid maintenance as once they got maintenance case will be lenthty.

tx and regards

Since your friend knows where she is working, he can state that in front of the court and an order can be passed for the company to provide the court with her salary slips. From the facts, she is working and drawing good salary (this fact alone is good enough) coupled with the fact that she is staying with  her parents (no responsibility of paying rent or anything like that) and that she is also getting money from the FDs. All these combined would be enough to deny her any kind of maintenance.