Wife ran away from past one year wants to file for divorce

777 votes

Dear for break mrg first of all u have to send her legal notice and ask her either she wants to live with u or not.if she is not agree for live togather than if she agree for divorce both have to file mutule divorce petition to court and get divorce and if she is not ready for divorce than only u have to file divorce petition to court.

Advocate Prashant Chavda LawRato

658 votes

what does it mean.ran away..Is there no trace of your wife? Hope there will be parents and relatives of your wife. What steps have you taken after she ran away from your life? As you mentioned that ran away...then you must have taken steps at that time. So contact a lawyer with details

Advocate Suneeta Ramesh Shukla LawRato

733 votes

• As per the Hindu Marriage Act, the petition for divorce can be filed where marriage has taken place or where the two parties last lived together as husband and wife. • Divorce- Hindu Marriage Act, Section 13 (1) Any marriage solemnized, whether before or after the commencement of the Act, may, on a petition presented by either the husband or the wife, be dissolved by a decree of divorce on the ground that the other party- (ib) has deserted the petitioner for a continuous period of not less than two years immediately preceding the presentation of the petition; • The work can become a lot easier if we can find out the address of the wife by- Talking to mutual associations, Contacting her employer, Trying through Social Media etc. • If this doesn’t work, it can be sent to her last known address by RPAD (Registered Post with Acknowledgement Due) • She can also be sent summons to her last known address, I.e. her parents’ house, and they do not respond to it; • If she still can’t be reached, the Court can be approached to send her notice. • If she doesn’t respond to the summons of the Court, a summons is to be published in two local newspapers with widespread delivery, one in the vernacular language and another in English. This is when the summons is said to have been communicated to the party, irrespective of whether she’s subscribed to the newspapers or not.

Advocate Aftabhusen A Ansari LawRato

1000 votes

you can approach the family court by filing divorce petition if you are living separately since last more than 1 year. there are various grounds for applying for divorce depending on their applicability to your case.

Advocate Narendra Ramnani LawRato