Am i entitled to maintenance if i file for divorce? I am working.

80 votes

1. For getting maintenance there is no hard and fast rule it will depending upon the income of the husband, social status etc and court will also consider the your earning capacity also.

2. As you and  your husband has jointly purchased the property so both of you are the absolute owner of the property if any one want property then either of you has to execute release deed or gift deed in favour of others.

3. It is better tried to settle the matter amicably and go for mutual consent divorce.

4. Your son has a share in ancestral property of your husband.

LawRato LawRato

746 votes

Hi, for getting maintenance there is no hard and fast rule it will depending upon the income of the husband, social status etc and court will also consider the your earning capacity also.

2. As you and your husband has jointly purchased the property so both of you are the absolute owner of the property if any one want property then either of you has to execute release deed or gift deed in favour of others.

3. It is better tried to settle the matter amicably and go for mutual consent divorce.

Advocate Pradeep Bharathipura LawRato

995 votes

Yes you and your will be entitled to receive maintenance. You can ask the joint property to be transferred to your name and this would be a part of the maintenance. Your son has a share in ancestral property of your husband.

Advocate Tanushree Sahani LawRato

506 votes

As per Supreme Court ruling even if women are working, still they are entitled for grant of interim maintenance during the pendency of the Divorce case as well as after divorce. The father is also liable to maintain his minor children. But your income will be taken into consideration by the court will granting maintenance amount. As per law Legal separation is known as "judicial Separation" and either of the spouse can approach the court by filing the Petition. Further if you and your husband own a property jointly, then you are absolutely entitled for half of the share in the said property. you can approach the court by filing partition suit before jurisdictional civil court. Your son has a share in his ancestral property as a coparcenary right by birth.

Advocate Jagadish N LawRato