Need Help! Dowry demand and Harrasment after 30years of marriage

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        February 15, 2025 at 2:52 pm
        After 30 years of marriage husband is demanding land or hefty amount (โ‚น40-50 Lakhs) of money from wife’s maternal home and harrassing her regularly. She is a house wife (50y) and doesn’t income. Husband is a pensioner(63y).The couple has 2 sons (26y & 22y old).

        According to the victim she is facing the mental harrasment since 3-4 years. And from last one year harrasment is very severe (no physical harrasment is there) that the wife and sons became soo dipressed and stressed. There is no environment for study of sons and it’s affecting their career progression.

        Husband blackmailed them by saying, if wife cannot bring land or money from her maternal home then he will throw out her form the house, disowned his sons and will his all properties to orphanage.

        They tried many times to had a discussion regarding the matter and make him understand and convince, but everytime the situation becomes worst.

        Wife has a fear of filing case on husband as her sons are unmarried and case filing will hamper on the marriage of her sons. Husband is literally making their life as hell.

        What should the family do to live a peaceful life.

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          February 15, 2025 at 4:11 pm
          Adding to other comment, does he extra marital affair and children out of it? Maybe he wants property for them? Ask his sons to track his mobile n moments

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              February 15, 2025 at 4:13 pm
              No he doesn’t have anything like this.

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                  February 15, 2025 at 4:32 pm
                  Then find out for what exactly he wants . For sure not for his kids . Then who? He gets pension

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                      February 15, 2025 at 4:34 pm
                      Husband wants to build a new house/start business(according to him these are for his sons) and he doesn’t want to spend all the savings and take any loan.

                      He became frustrated as his wife doesn’t income and didn’t has any govt job.

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                  February 15, 2025 at 4:20 pm
                  Either post is incomplete/ hiding facts
                  Or husband needs treatment for his declining mental health.

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                      February 15, 2025 at 4:31 pm
                      Husband wants to build a new house/start business and he doesn’t want to spend all the savings and take any loan.

                      He became frustrated as his wife doesn’t income and didn’t has any govt job.

                      Wife’s maternal side said to give her land (worth 5-6lakhs) but husband want more (โ‚น40-50lakhs) And wife doesn’t want to claim forcefully the ancestral share from her maternal home as it will impact their family reputation negativity in the society because her son is unmarried and no one will give her daughter to a family like this.

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                      February 15, 2025 at 4:27 pm
                      Leave him alone โ€ฆ when he will start cooking and living alone โ€ฆ he will get back to senses โ€ฆ

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                          February 15, 2025 at 4:29 pm
                          I too said them this.

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                          February 15, 2025 at 4:46 pm
                          Info: What do the children do? They are 26 and 22. Completely employable age and most probably educated too. Why are they not earning?

                          P.S.: I believe this a karma farming post. If not please do provide the info.

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                              February 15, 2025 at 4:49 pm
                              Elder son got a job last year (struggled through all these) and younger one is preparing for job and further studies but cannot concentrate because of these mess.

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                                  February 15, 2025 at 5:03 pm
                                  The maternal family seems to be supportive. They can shift with them till the children start earning enough to support the three of them. Why isnโ€™t this option being considered?

                                  Legally speaking, why none of the kids are coming forward and registering a complaint against their father with police? In case their father decides to divorce, he will have to give 50% of his own property as alimony. He would be cornered with a complaint. Why this is not happening?

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                                      February 15, 2025 at 5:11 pm
                                      Sons are saying to live separately as the elder one is earning but wife is worried about the negative aspects of the separation in indian society which directly impacts the marriage of her sons and future.

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                                          February 15, 2025 at 7:46 pm
                                          Is she living in 1925? Itโ€™s 2025. There will be not be a shortfall of options if the boy is good.

                                          If she can be brave, ask them to not shift out of the house, but file for separation. Even if she doesnโ€™t go ahead with actual separation, husband will understand the situation. The relationship is anyway dead, let the husband leave.

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                                              February 15, 2025 at 7:56 pm
                                              Okay I will suggest them. Thank you.

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                                      February 15, 2025 at 4:56 pm
                                      OP you sound like you are the husband.

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                                          February 15, 2025 at 5:04 pm
                                          ๐Ÿ˜†๐Ÿ˜†๐Ÿ˜† lol

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                                          February 15, 2025 at 5:32 pm
                                          Weird story. My guess is that the husband wants wife to initiate litigation for right to ancestral property which she’s resisting.

                                          Another guess: OP is one of the male heirs/ claimants to this property…another wild guess… OP is son of the brother of the lady in question; doesn’t want bua to claim her rightful share in the ancestral property

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                                              February 15, 2025 at 5:35 pm
                                              Yes you are right… But he want 50 Lakhs worth property from her side.

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                                                  February 16, 2025 at 6:50 am
                                                  But earlier u agreed to what I said .. and you are clearly far too invested to be a “neighbour”.

                                                  Just accept it that you are the bhatija who doesn’t want bua to get any of that dadaji’s property

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                                                      February 16, 2025 at 6:55 am
                                                      Get lost from this…. If you can’t give any opinion rather assuming me as one of the family members.

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                                                          February 16, 2025 at 8:39 am
                                                          Why did you change your earlier post accepting the points I had made?
                                                          It’s clear what you are trying to do here and it’s immoral and unethical. Even if you were a neighbour, which you are not, you would have been a really creepy neighbour to get involved in the 1st place

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                                                      February 15, 2025 at 7:01 pm
                                                      Wow you could have won even 7cr question on KBC.

                                                      Good that OP is accepting this clearly now that dowry is just a fake story

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                                                          February 15, 2025 at 7:53 pm
                                                          I don’t know these legal terms dowry or what, but husband is forcing his wife to bring wealth from her maternal house according to his need thats the case.

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                                                        February 15, 2025 at 5:47 pm
                                                        I highly doubt the legitimacy of this story, and need to hear the husband perspective too. Cuz, it is highly unlikely for the husband to demand dowry outta no where thirty years into the marriage. There could be some land or property issues between the two families.

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                                                            February 15, 2025 at 5:57 pm
                                                            As far as I know the husband is doing all this by getting frustrated. Because his wife doesn’t have any job/income.
                                                            And long back he had land dispute with his own sister. In that time his in laws consoled him not to get mad with all this land and shits and they are always there for help. And now for that “help” he is forcing his wife to get the property worth 50 Lakhs from his in laws.

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                                                            February 15, 2025 at 6:12 pm
                                                            Marne k umar mein chacha ko paiso ka laalach jaaga hai. Batao! ๐Ÿคฆโ€โ™‚๏ธ

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                                                                February 15, 2025 at 6:14 pm
                                                                Kyahi bolu ab… Lalach to pehle se hi tha uska

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                                                                February 15, 2025 at 6:29 pm
                                                                This is a double edged sword.

                                                                It’s possible thatbthe woman is being cheated out of her inheritance and he’s taking action to force her to start litigation.

                                                                On the other hand, once she receives it he may escalate in order to take it away from her – either by guilt or threatening violence. Sons may join in too, she might end up worse off – no money and lost family support.

                                                                Then again, getting her inheritance may embolden her to resist his abuse.

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                                                                    February 15, 2025 at 7:00 pm
                                                                    She is kinda sandwiched!

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                                                                    February 15, 2025 at 6:49 pm
                                                                    OP has mentioned in response comments that entire episode is related to property dispute.

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                                                                    She is continuously being forced by the husband to claim maternal property forcefully. But she doesnโ€™t want, because it will affect the family reputation for the sake of her sonโ€™s future and marriage.
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                                                                    This is not about dowry as such but wifeโ€™s sibling emotionally manipulating wife and husband is not liking that.

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                                                                      February 15, 2025 at 7:29 pm
                                                                      Let me guess, you are her brother and you don’t want to divide ancestral property equally. So you are now creating fake dowry narrative as your brainwashing did not work.

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                                                                          February 15, 2025 at 7:35 pm
                                                                          Fuck nooo…. I am their neighbor. I hear every morning and evening her husband shouting these shits… on asking got this matter in little detail.

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                                                                          February 15, 2025 at 7:33 pm
                                                                          Tell her sons to wear chudi.

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                                                                              February 15, 2025 at 7:45 pm
                                                                              What her sons should do? Should they beat their father up? Or stay separately which their mom doesn’t want.

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                                                                              February 15, 2025 at 9:56 pm
                                                                              IMO … If property is self acquired.. husband is free to do whatever he pleases .. that said I definitely see some hidden agendas here … Dowry seems so off in this case

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                                                                                February 16, 2025 at 12:43 am
                                                                                Is this karma farming

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                                                                                  February 16, 2025 at 1:47 am
                                                                                  The children must be independent by now, why can’t they just move out with their mom

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                                                                                    February 16, 2025 at 5:07 am
                                                                                    Seems like mother did want part of ancestral land, later switched or was manipulated to have only 5L land from her siblings that have pissed off husband and may have caused a diffrences between them.

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                                                                                      February 16, 2025 at 6:04 am
                                                                                      Who is OP? Why & how is he involved? This post is ultra pro max sus

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                                                                                          February 16, 2025 at 6:07 am
                                                                                          I am their neighbour. From long I frequently hear shouting and all, just asked them out last week what’s the matter and this is what came up.

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                                                                                              February 16, 2025 at 6:23 am
                                                                                              Your post is heavily skewed against the husband here, lots of unnecessary adjectives against the husband, almost like you hate him or want us to have a huge negative connotation towards him.

                                                                                              “Husband blackmailed to not share property?”

                                                                                              A wife is okay to give her to anyone she chooses but not him?
                                                                                              Wife kare toh chamatkar husband kare toh balatkar?

                                                                                              Your post is total sus bro

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                                                                                            February 16, 2025 at 6:28 pm
                                                                                            This is not a dowry case you just don’t want to give fair share of that women, advocate hereโœŒ๏ธ

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                                                                                                February 16, 2025 at 6:40 pm
                                                                                                First of all I’m their neighbour and can’t give her share…. My query is that her fair share doesn’t worth โ‚น50 Lakhs, despite her husband is forcing to bring that amount. If it’s not dowry then what type of offence is it?

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                                                                                                February 20, 2025 at 5:45 am
                                                                                                NAL here, I will be answering this question:

                                                                                                >What should the family do to live a peaceful life.

                                                                                                She should file a litigation against her family for inheritance. Any kind of decision on such cases take years if not decade. His husband would be either dead or rendered physically and mentally useless. She can withdraw her petition in future. This will bring peace to her husband and sons for time being. However, she would destroy her relationship with her maternal family (depending upon the value of inheritance, a lot of people would argue that it’s worth it. I leave that choice to the concerned person)

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