Wife more qualified then husband is she liable to ask for maintenance

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Wife more qualified then husband is she liable to ask for maintenance

07-Jan-2023 (In Divorce Law)

Hello, I am currently undergoing Divorce in Pune Family Court, please answer my below questions a) My education is B.com and wife's M.A. besides wife was working before marriage accepted in written say by Wife. Do I still need to pay monthly maintenance to her? b) Wife had deserted me for 2.5 years after which I filed Divorce, on knowing this, Wife immediately filed a false 498a though I had never asked for a single rupees and I am against Dowry, if the 498A court decision goes in my favour, can this act as evidence of cruelty in the family court?

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Advocate Sudhir Reddy LawRato · Accepted Answer · 2016-01-08T04:27:35+05:30

Answer #1

You will have to still pay maintenance however you can always argue for reducing the maintenance showing her qualifications at the court.And you can prove cruelty in the family court by showing the 498 A in your favor.

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Advocate Sandeep Bhaskar Naik LawRato · Accepted Answer · 2016-01-08T10:04:00+05:30

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Yes ...certainly. This is now days weapon in the hands of woman who when they are trapped in their own net then in order to escape from it they take recourse of 498 A of IPC. YOU WILL HAVE TO PAY MAINTENANCE TO HER IF SHE IS NOT WORKING. HER QUALIFICATION WILL NOT BAR HER CLAIMING MAINTENANCE FROM YOU.

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LawRato LawRato · Accepted Answer · 2016-01-08T13:49:51+05:30

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Hello, answer to your first question depends upon case to case. Need to understand detaling about the same. Answer to your second question is yes if you are acquitted from 498 case then it will be treated as cruelty.

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