I separated from my husband nearly 20 years in the past. We have now two daughters. My husband has married once more and has a son.
Round 4 years in the past, he offered his mom’s property, which he claims that she willingly registered in his title, and bought a home in his title.
Now, I’m in want of cash for my elder daughter’s wedding ceremony and my youthful daughter’s training. Is there any manner I may declare any cash from him legally?
—Title withheld on request
Based mostly on the restricted info offered to us, it’s assumed that you’re a Hindu and are legally divorced since your husband married once more and has a son.
Because of the sale of his mom’s property, it’s unlikely that you’d be entitled to any share of his mom’s property. As regards claiming cash for the bills of your elder daughter’s wedding ceremony are involved out of your ex-husband (who can be her authorized father), the identical can be when it comes to the divorce decree.
Regardless of the very fact of you and your ex-husband being legally divorced or merely separated, you’ll have had the appropriate to strategy a household courtroom with jurisdiction over the realm the place you and your kids reside with an software below the Hindu Adoption and Upkeep Act, 1956, for upkeep of the youngsters; nonetheless, the identical would have been relevant in case your daughters have been minor.
With the given information, we perceive that already a interval of 20 years has been handed for the reason that time of separation and your daughters aren’t minors as on date.
Aradhana Bhansali is companion, Rajani Associates.
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