Legal Notice for Maintenance

What this is

Send a legal notice demanding monthly maintenance from a spouse, a parent of your children, or an adult child who has the means but has stopped supporting you. It is for wives, husbands in some circumstances, parents claiming from children, and those claiming for minor children. Our panel advocate drafts, reviews and signs the notice on letterhead and it is sent to the other party by email and WhatsApp, with tracked speed post if you choose it.

What you get

A legal notice drafted and signed by our panel advocate on letterhead, setting out the relationship, the neglect or refusal to maintain, your needs with a monthly breakdown, the other party's means, and the monthly maintenance and arrears demanded within a fixed time. Sent to the other party by email and WhatsApp. Optional tracked speed post (+₹79) adds the dispatch receipt, tracking ID and delivery acknowledgement. Includes a short note on the maintenance application that can be filed before the Magistrate or family court if the demand is not met, including interim maintenance, and why filing early matters.

How it works

1. 1Upload proof of the relationshipMarriage certificate, children's birth certificates or other proof, and anything showing the other party's income. We read them and pre-fill the details for you to confirm.
2. 2Tell us your needs and their meansThe monthly amount you need with a breakdown, the date support stopped, and what you know of the other party's income and assets.
3. 3Answer the advocate's questionsWhy you live apart, whether anything has been paid, whether any case or order already exists, and whether you are safe.
4. 4PayThe fee is set by the monthly amount claimed. Tracked speed post is optional.
5. 5Advocate drafts and signsOur panel advocate checks which law gives you the strongest claim, drafts the notice and signs it on letterhead.
6. 6Notice is sentThe notice goes to the other party by email and WhatsApp, and by speed post if chosen. You receive your copy and the next-steps note.

What to have ready

• Proof of relationshipMarriage certificate or wedding proof for spouse claims; birth certificates for children; ration card, Aadhaar showing relationship, or birth certificate for parent and child claims.
• Proof of the other party's income or assets (if you have it)Salary slips, bank statements, ITR, business registration, property papers, vehicle registration, photographs of lifestyle.
• Proof of your expenses (if you have it)Rent agreement, school fee receipts, medical bills, utility bills.
• Messages showing refusal or neglect (if you have it)Chats, emails or letters where support was asked for and refused, or payments stopped.
• Existing court orders or case papers (if you have it)Any maintenance, divorce, domestic violence or custody order or pending petition.
• Proof of payments received (if you have it)Bank statement showing what the other party has paid since separation.
• Your ID and address proof (if you have it)Optional.

What this is based on

• BNSS 2023, S.144 (2023)
• HMA 1955, Ss.24-25 (1955)
• Special Marriage Act 1954 (1954)
• DV Act 2005, S.20. (2005)