Sunday, September 8, 2013

Legal query on applying for divorce after moving to boyfriends home, marrying elder girl, wants 2nd marriage but not ready to divorce 1st wife, wife dragging divorce proceedings



Q1.  Please somebody help me to find legal problems to be faced to marry an elder one. Myself 27 and she is 33 is there any additional requirement to register our marriage. -VR

Ans. There is no problem marrying a girl who is elder to you. Both of you are majors and as per law the girl above the age of 18yrs and boy above 21 yrs can marry. You can also register your marriage with the Sub jurisdictional marriage registrar. However, physical and mental compatibility between you both must be verified for a fruitful marital life.

Q 2. My friend is in love with a married man, and they want to get married and live together. The problem is that her boy friend is willing to marry her but not willing to divorce his first wife. Is it possible to marry again without divorcing his first wife? My friend does not mind her boy friend not divorcing his first wife. All she wants is that he marries her and lives with her that’s all. Is it possible to have a legally valid marriage?

Ans. legally it’s not possible to perform the marriage as the marriage will be an illegal marriage. Further the first wife can file a criminal case for bigamy against the husband. Hence it is advisable to first take divorce and then perform the marriage. Certainly there are cases where a man has performed two marriages and continuing with both the relation. This can be only possible if the first wife is having no objection of having second wife. Consent has to be obtained in writing.

Q 3. My friend has been in an abusive marriage. Some time ago she lost her 18 yrs son to road accident. She now wants a divorce as her husband is blaming her for the loss. Her boyfriend too lost his wife soon after and they gradually became mutually dependent. They wish to get married after her divorce. Can she move in to his house and then file for the divorce? How should she proceed? Her boyfriend has a married daughter and a 20 yrs old unmarried son who lives with him.  YH

Ans. Your Friend should first for mutual divorce, if it fails than; she may file for divorce against her husband on grounds of cruelty before district judge with appropriate jurisdiction. She may do so even while residing with her husband. She can seek restraining orders against her husband if the need arises. She could also lodge a complaint with the local police station against him before filing for divorce. Moving to her boyfriend's place before the divorce will not only weaken her case, it could also invite criminal charges of adultery against her boyfriend.

Q 4. I've applied for Divorce, before 3 years and my wife purposely dragged on the case and they also spoke to the Judge in person and so he ordered to change the Court and he started to yell at me in public in the Court during my hearings. So now the Court has been changed and got transferred to another court again there is a Lady Judge, and my ex-in laws went and acted as if they are angels sent from God. She didn’t read any papers of the case or my merits. She got an order from the High Court that the case has to be closed on a specific date. And the Lady Judge dismissed the case in court...having all the merits of the case, my case got dismissed.
The Lady Judge said the judgment in the open court...she said... all the laws are in favour of the female's only in India now I don’t know what to do...its almost 3 years since we have been living separately..I’ve applied for the appeal in the High Court but my friends are asking me “how long will you be going like this for the courts? "And my question is what if the case in High Court also gets dismissed ... my life will be a question mark...now my ex-in-laws are started harassing me. They are giving calls from PCO and telling me that they will lock me up in jail, if I don’t re-unite...I’m so scared and I want to flea away somewhere. Please guide me. -DF

Ans. If your divorce petition is dismissed for some or other reasons, the Ld. Judge must have given her reasons for dismissing your case. Further, you have filed an appeal which is pending in the High Court. If you do not succeed then you can file an appeal in the Supreme Court of India. Please do not loose your hope as you have availed all the remedies available to your for taking divorce. Please retain a good counsel to argue your case in the High Court.

No comments:

Post a Comment