Maintenance and Alimony

Yes, a wife can surrender her right to maintenance in a divorce settlement agreement or in a court order. This can be done voluntarily by mutual agreement with her husband, and the agreement must be made in writing and approved by a court. It is important to note that...

Question: My husband refuses to give child maintenance under Section 38 Special Marriage Act. I filed divorce case in 2021 and didn't demanded any alimony and child maintenance. But my husband is not agreeing and harassing me. I filed another case under section 38 for...

Question: Can a wife claim maintenance from her mother in law? As I have information the wife has no right to get maintenance from her mother in law. My wife is threatening my mother that she’ll file a case in section 125 crpc for alimony. Thereafter, my mother is...

Question: Can the husband be bound to give the entire salary in maintenance? With 44k salary 10-12k is gone in rent in Bangalore.in rest 32k I am finding it difficult to earn living for my parents how to pay maintenance to my wife who tortured me after marriage n now...

Question: Is the husband bound to maintain his wife when he is himself dependent upon his son? The husband, who is old, ill, and unemployed, is dependent on his children. My uncle got married to a woman in 1989. After 2/3 years, she ran away, stating in a letter that...

Question: Wife resigned from service to get maximum maintenance under section 125 crpc. Actually the wife is showing huge falls income to get maximum maintenance. Right now I am doing trading business but due to the pandemic I could not earn much. She is showing that...

Question: I want to know whether a husband is bound to maintain his wife to whom he married fraudulently? My husband has solemnised marriage with me by concealing the fact of first marriage. We were working in the same company in Chandigarh. Gradually we started to...

Question: Can the court stay the maintenance case filed under Section 125 crpc. A suit for nullity of marriage is pending and the alleged wife filed a petition for maintenance. Is a stay available in Section 125 Cr.PC?  Asked from: Telangana It is not possible for the...

Question: Can I claim for increasing maintenance in mutual consent divorce? Whether maintenance granted under consent terms in mutual divorce can be directly enhanced under 127 crpc without any order under 125 crpc.  Asked from: Goa The decree of mutual consent...