Delhi: The court has allowed the alimony petition of an adult daughter. The court has asked the father to pay ten thousand rupees to the daughter as maintenance amount. The court rejected the father's argument that the daughter was an adult. She no longer has the right to demand maintenance.
The family court at Karkardooma in its judgment held that according to law, the daughter can receive all her expenses from the father not only till she attains majority but even before marriage. The court also said that if the father says that he is financially weak and cannot pay maintenance to the daughter, then the daughter will be entitled to maintenance as per the status of the father.
Father will also bear the cost of higher education
In this case, the 19-year-old daughter had also placed before the court a demand from the father to pay the cost of higher education. Father is a businessman by profession. But he was not even ready to bear the cost of education citing the daughter being an adult. The father said that he has been with his mother since childhood. So if the daughter wants to get higher education then it is not her responsibility.
On this, the court reprimanded the father and said that the father is like a roof for the children. Of course the daughter has been different. But if the father is capable of providing higher education to the daughter, then he will have to fulfill this duty. The court has ordered the father to bear all the expenses of the daughter's higher education.
this is the case
The mother and father of the 19-year-old girl got divorced seven years ago. Father has remarried. Mother is a teacher in a private school. The girl has said in her petition that with her mother's salary, she is barely able to run the house, while her father is a businessman. His monthly income is also more than three lakh rupees. But he is not paying the cost.
This is a provision in the law
The court said that for the daughter, the law specifically states that the daughter is the father's responsibility until she is able to bear her own expenses. After marriage, this responsibility automatically transfers to her husband. Prior to this, the father cannot escape from bearing the expenses of the daughter under any circumstances.
15 lakh turnover still inattentive
In the affidavit filed in the court on behalf of the father, it is also believed that his annual turnover is more than Rs 15 lakh. Despite his father's financial condition being better, he was reluctant to spend on his daughter. In such a situation, considering all the facts, the court has ordered the father to bear the expenses of his education including the maintenance of the daughter.