Matrimonial, custody & succession
Family Law
Representation in matters of marriage breakdown, custody, maintenance, and inheritance under personal laws and special statutes.
Family matters are personal and often urgent. We represent petitioners and respondents in matrimonial petitions, custody disputes, and maintenance claims, and we are clear with you about what the court process involves.
From mutual consent divorce to contested trials and protection under the Domestic Violence Act, we prepare pleadings, evidence, and interim applications tailored to Family Court practice in Maharashtra.
Our family practice is mainly before the Family Court, Pune and the Magistrate courts of Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad.
Work we take up
Mutual consent divorce
Section 13B Hindu Marriage Act and parallel provisions across personal laws.
Contested divorce & judicial separation
Grounds-based petitions, evidence, and contested trials in Family Court.
Child custody & guardianship
Interim and permanent custody, visitation schedules, and welfare-centric arguments.
Maintenance & alimony
Section 144 BNSS (formerly Section 125 CrPC), Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, and personal law maintenance.
Domestic Violence Act proceedings
Protection orders, residence orders, monetary relief, and compensation.
Dowry & matrimonial cruelty cases
Proceedings under the Dowry Prohibition Act and the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (formerly IPC).
Adoption
Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act and Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection) routes.
Succession & inheritance
Intestate succession, wills, and claims by legal heirs under applicable personal law.
Family partition & HUF matters
Partition suits, coparcenary rights, and HUF taxation-linked property disputes.
Marriage registration & annulment
Court marriage, registration disputes, and void/voidable marriage petitions.
Property rights of spouses & daughters
Stridhan, dowry articles, and coparcenary rights under Hindu Succession Act.
Senior citizens maintenance
Claims under Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007.
Time limits that matter in family matters
- 1 year
Petition for divorce — Section 14, Hindu Marriage Act
A divorce petition is ordinarily not entertained within one year of the marriage, unless the court grants leave for exceptional hardship or exceptional depravity.
- 6 months
Mutual consent divorce — Section 13B, Hindu Marriage Act
The spouses must have lived separately for one year or more. The second motion is made between six and eighteen months after the first; the Supreme Court has held that the six-month waiting period can be waived in suitable cases.
- 60 days
Interim maintenance
Interim maintenance can be sought under Section 24 of the Hindu Marriage Act or Section 144 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (formerly Section 125 CrPC). Both sides file an affidavit disclosing assets and liabilities, and the law expects the application to be decided, as far as possible, within 60 days of service of notice.
- 60 days
Domestic Violence Act — Section 12
The Magistrate is to endeavour to dispose of an application within 60 days of the first hearing. Interim and ex parte orders can be sought where the facts call for them.
General information on statutory timelines as on the date this page was last reviewed. Time limits turn on the facts and on amendments to the law; confirm them for your matter before relying on them.