If husband wife both mutually agree for divorce

Divorce can only be sought after completing one year of marriage. In case of mutual divorce the parties have to enter in an agreement reproducing the terms of settlement between them.The terms may include amount of maintenance, child custody,division of joint property,division of debts etc.

However, as per Hindu Marriage Act there are certain conditions that need to be fulfilled before applying for mutual consent divorce, namely:

• living separately for a period of one year or more,
• not being able to live together and
• have mutually agreed that the marriage should be dissolved

After the terms are decided mutually between the parties, they can move to court by way of first motion. After the first motion is allowed, the parties have to wait till 6 months to move for second motion. The second motion gives finality to divorce between the parties.