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CHello everyone, I will say everything in brief.
My mother’s marriage life has been abusive one. Right now though they are not divorced, and they don’t stay together.
My father used to abuse my mother emotionally and financially. Only reason my mother stayed in the marriage was for me (26m) and my sister (14f) as she was not financially independent. I am now financially independent which allows me to take care of my mother and sister.
My father has always remained distant from me and my sister. He has alcohol addiction and wastes most of his money. He also tried to cheat on my mother. He doesn’t help our family financially. All the financial responsibility is on me now.
Fast forward to today. We are not in contact with our father for over a year now. And none of us want to stay with father now.
I got few questions which I am confused about.
1. How can we make the divorce process smooth? My sister is only 14 and that will only hamper her studies. We don’t want it to impact her. We are okay with no maintenance from father if it helps smoothen the process.
2. Let’s say my mother doesn’t go for divorce, and my family and father stay separately. Can he sue us in case he falls ill and we refuse to look after him? He has never there been for us. And he has this tendency to come back to my mother only when he gets into trouble.
He has tortured my mother enough and I don’t want my mother to look after him.
I don’t want to look after him because 1. He is distant from me and my sister. 2. He passed the whole burden of responsibilities onto me.
3. Is there a provision for some kind of agreement in case of no divorce that states that neither father nor us are responsible for each other’s well being? Reason for asking this: we want to separate without much hassle.
Thanks. Looking for advice.
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P1. If you want a smooth divorce – convince him to agree for a mutual consent divorce. 1 year of living separately is an added advantage, the terms and conditions are decided by the couples. Read through this to understand the process [https://divorcebylaw.com/mutual-divorce-lawyer-in-bengaluru/](https://divorcebylaw.com/mutual-divorce-lawyer-in-bengaluru/) It is advisable to do this now, where he doesn’t have any ailments that needs dependency.
2. If your mother continues to live separately without divorce, your father can come anytime and demand to live with you all or he may ask for financial support when he finds you all well settled.
3. No, there cannot be such agreement made within the family, it may not be considered valid under law.
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