What is a spousal maintenance payment?

Spousal maintenance is maintenance that is paid by a husband or a wife to their former spouse following a divorce. Spousal maintenance is usually paid on a monthly basis and continues either for a defined period (term of years) or for the remainder of the parties’ life (known as a “joint lives order”).

What can I do if my husband does not pay interim maintenance?

1. In form the court regarding the non complains of order of the court in maintenance matter. 2. Also you have to file execution petition for getting the arrears. 3. Again he is not complaining the orders of the court then the court may order a warrant to be issued against him and then send to jail. 1.

What was the court order against my husband?

Sir, This is in connection with my case in which i filed a case against my husband for maintenance in the local court. The court after initial hearing passed an interim maintenance order asking my husband to pay an amount of Rs 5000/- per month . He has been ordered to pay such payment by 10th of each succeeding month.

When did Supreme Court order man to pay maintenance?

On the appeal filed by the husband against the order, the Sessions court directed him to pay ₹ 1 lakh per month towards maintenance from the date of filing of the petition – January 6, 2009 – and ₹ 75,000 per month for residential accommodation from the said date.

Can a husband abdicate the responsibility of paying maintenance to his wife?

The Supreme Court Friday said a husband cannot abdicate the responsibility of paying maintenance to his estranged wife and gave one last opportunity to a man to clear the entire outstanding amount of ₹ 2.60 crore along with monthly payout of ₹ 1.75 lakh to his wife, failing which he will be imprisoned.

How often does a husband have to pay maintenance?

The maintenance may be granted on a weekly or monthly basis during the pendency of the matrimonial proceedings. The Court would determine the quantum of maintenance depending on the income of the husband, and award such amount as may seem reasonable.

Can a husband refuse to give maintenance to his wife?

There is no escape route unless there is an order from the Court that the wife is not entitled to get maintenance from the husband on any legally permissible grounds,” a bench of justices Dipak Misra and V Gopala Gowda said.

Can a circuit court direct that a maintenance order be paid?

The District Court in making a maintenance order can direct that the payment under the order be made to the District Court Clerk if the court considers that it would be proper to do so. The Circuit Court may as part of its order direct that a maintenance order is payable through the District Court.