Sir, I filed divorce petition and in return my wife filed application u/s 24 maintenance. she mentioned about my daughter expenses in application. In order, court specifically mentioned that my wife educational qualification is very impressive and she worked before and after marriage, although no proof of current job. Also court mention about my daughter school expenses .My income Rs.10K per month. In last para of order, court awarded mentioning “ since the respondent has no source of income to support herself therefore she is entitled to receive maintenance pendent lite from the petitioner to the tune of rs. 5k per month from the date of the present application. I ( & my lawyer also) believed this amount is for both my wife and my child, so I was okay. Today I received summon for crpc 125 , filed by my wife on behalf of my daughter. My questions are:
- Can I seek from the court (application, RTI or what) what was the ratio of maintenance amount for my wife and my daughter. no bifurcation was in order.
- If the maintenance amount was only for my wife, can I appeal in high court (5 months have passed of session court order) on grounds that I was mistaken that amount was for both my wife and daughter. If not , should I file review petition u/s sec24 asking court to stop maintenance for my wife, as I am willing to give 5K/month to my child under crpc 125. My wife can earn (highly qualified) ,but my child can’t.
- Or any other suggestion how to defend it.