Divorce Petition Drafting & Filing

What this is

Drafting and filing a contested divorce petition in the family court - on grounds such as cruelty, desertion, adultery or others under the personal law that governs your marriage - with the affidavit, the applications for interim maintenance, custody or injunction where needed, filing at the court with jurisdiction, and representation as the plan includes. It is for spouses who want to end the marriage and do not have the other side's consent. Court fees are shown separately.

What you get

A divorce petition drafted, reviewed and signed by our panel advocate, with the facts of the marriage, cohabitation and separation, the grounds pleaded with the incidents dated and placed, the relief of dissolution and the ancillary reliefs - interim and permanent maintenance, custody and visitation, return of stridhan, residence - the verification and affidavit, the applications for interim relief, the list of documents and witnesses, filed in the family court with jurisdiction, the case number and first date delivered, and representation at the first hearing and through the case as the plan includes, with a note on service on the spouse, mediation referral, the likely stages and what protects you meanwhile. Court fees are shown separately and not included in our fee.

How it works

1. 1Upload your papersMarriage certificate or wedding proof, evidence of the incidents, any earlier notice, complaint or case, and children's documents. We pre-fill the marriage and the family.
2. 2Tell us your storyThe marriage, what went wrong, the separation, the children and what you want.
3. 3Answer the advocate's questionsWhich law governs the marriage, when you separated, which grounds the facts support, whether there are cases either way, what each side earns and owns, and where the children are.
4. 4PayPay our fee; court fees are shown separately.
5. 5Advocate drafts and filesOur advocate drafts the petition and interim applications, takes your approval, and files.
6. 6Case is deliveredYou receive the filed petition, the case number and the first date, and representation as the plan includes.

What to have ready

• Marriage certificate or wedding proofRegistration certificate, or invitation and photographs.
• Evidence of the incidents (if you have it)Messages, emails, medical reports, police complaints, photographs, recordings transcript.
• Papers of existing cases, complaints or notices (if you have it)If any.
• Income and asset documents (if you have it)Your salary slips or ITR; anything on your spouse's income and property.
• Children's birth certificates and school or medical records (if you have it)If custody or maintenance is sought.
• List and bills of stridhan, gifts and belongings (if you have it)If return is sought.
• Your ID and address proofAadhaar, PAN or passport.
• Address proof of your current residence (if you have it)For jurisdiction.

What this is based on

• HMA 1955 / SMA 1954 / Muslim personal law / Indian Divorce Act 1869 / DV Act 2005. (1955)
• Family Courts Act 1984. (1984)