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Can daughter file a case against father for maintenance


28-May-2023 (In Family Law)
My father is retired. As my brother does not take any responsibility of my parents, they stay with me since 10yrs. My father is having a property in joint name with mother and gets rent from it and gets pension also. He saves his pension and uses rent ( rs 9000) for their personal usage.my mother is a cancer patient. My father is a very quarrelsome person. He is supporting only my mother's medical expenses. Now inspite of helping me he has gone to stay at brothers place. He abuses me a lot. I am a housewife with one daughter and old in-laws to support. Can I claim any compensation ?
Answers (2)

Answer #1
924 votes
Definitely you may ask for compensation as well as maintenance.
Special act has been enacted for this "Domestic Violence Act" under which you may claim all the interim and final relifs from your father.
Answer #2
785 votes
I presume it that, you are Hindu by religion. According to Hindu law, after marriage, responsibility to maintain wife and children is on the Husband. If husband is dead and his father or brothers are enjoying ancestral property of the family, a widow can seek maintenance from them, but not from her father. However, if you have advanced any amounts to your father by way of loan you can seek recovery of the amount.

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