Mutual Divorce Petition (Section 13-B, First Motion)

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Both spouses agree the marriage should end, have already been living separately for a year or more, and want to file the first motion of a mutual-consent divorce petition under section 13-B(1) of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955. Filing the first motion starts the clock: ordinarily not earlier than six months and not later than eighteen months later, both spouses move the second motion, and only then does the Family Court pass the decree — unless the Court agrees to waive that waiting period, which the Supreme Court held in Amardeep Singh v. Harveen Kaur is a matter of discretion and not an automatic entitlement. This Petition assumes custody, alimony and property have already been genuinely agreed before it is filed — settle those between yourselves, or through mediation, first, and record what was agreed here, rather than filing this Petition to force a settlement that does not yet exist. Not for a contested divorce, where one spouse does not consent — that needs a fault-ground petition under section 13 of the Act instead, a different and more adversarial document this template does not cover. Not for a marriage solemnised under the Special Marriage Act, 1954, which has its own, separately worded mutual-consent provision in section 28 of that Act. Not for a spouse who is not a Hindu, Buddhist, Jain or Sikh within the meaning of section 2 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955.

नीचे जो लिखा है वह पंजाब और चंडीगढ़ के लिए है। इसमें वहीं की स्थिति दी गई है, यह नहीं कि यह कहाँ-कहाँ कैसे बदलती है — यानी नीचे की रकमें वही हैं जो लागू होती हैं। दरें बदलती रहती हैं, इसलिए सब-रजिस्ट्रार दफ़्तर से पक्का कर लेना ठीक रहता है। अगर प्रॉपर्टी भारत में कहीं और है, तो इनमें से कुछ भी आपके लिए नहीं है।