A PETITION FOR DIVORCE BY MUTUAL CONSENT U/S 13 (B) OF THE

HINDU MARRIAGE ACT, 1955

IN THE COURT OF THE JUDGE, FAMILY COURT, PUNE

AT PUNE
Marriage Petition No._______________________________________/ 200_
1. Shri_________H____ )
age 40 years, occupation - service, )
resident of 700 Narayan Peth, )
Pune411030. ) Petitioners
2. Smt. ______W_____ )
age 33 years, occupation - service, )
resident of 350 Narayan Peth, )
Pune 411 030. )

A PETITION FOR DIVORCE BY MUTUAL CONSENT U/S 13 (B) OF THE HINDU

MARRIAGE ACT 1955

The petitioners abovenamed submit this petition, praying to state as follows:

1. That the petitioners are husband and wife, their marriage having been
solemnised at Pune on___according to the Hindu religion, vaidic rites and ceremonies.
2. That the petitioner No. 2, prior to the marriage, was known by her maiden name
as Kumari Kanchan, while there is no change resulted in the name of the petitioner
No. 1.
3. That out of their wedlock, the petitioners have got a son by name Shubham and
daughter named Pooja.
4. That the petitioners submit that during the recent past, they realised that
their likings, tastes of life, temperaments, ideas, ideologies, thinking,
attitudes, aptitudes, intellectual reactions, capacities, feelings, moods, habits,
nature and life are so different from each other that it would not be possible for
them to hit it off together in future.
5. That the petitioners have tried their best to have a reconciliation for a happy
domesticity, but they have been very unfortunate to bring about the same.
6. That the petitioners have, therefore, decided to dissolve their marriage by mutual
consent, and hence, this petition.
7. That the petitioner No. 2 being in Government service is in a position to maintain
herself as well as the children, and she on her own does hereby forgo the right to
maintenance in respect of herself and the children against the petitioner No. 1.
8. That the petitioners do hereby declare and confirm that this petition
preferred by them is not collusive.
9. That the petitioners submit that their marriage was celebrated as well as they
are residing within the local limits of the jurisdiction of this Court, and hence, this
Hon'ble Court has jurisdiction to try and decide this petition
10. That the petitioners also submit and declare that they have been residing
separately for the last more than two years, and hence, this petition is maintainable.
11. That this petition being chargeable with a fixed rate of court fee, the
same is paid herewith.
12. That the petitioners, therefore, pray that -
(a)Their marriage be dissolved by a decree of divorce without passing any orders
as to the costs and maintenance, and
(b)Any other orders in the interest of justice be kindly passed.

Pune, Sd/- H
Sd/- W
Dated: __ PETITIONERS

Sd/- xXx
ADVOCATE/S FOR PETITIONER/S

VERIFICATION (of both the Petitioners)

We, Shri H and Smt. W, the present petitioners, do hereby state on solemn
affirmation that the contents of this petition in paras 1 to 12 are true and correct to
the best of our knowledge and beliefs, and so we have signed hereunder.
Sd/- H Sd/- W PETITIONERS

Subject to the permission of the Court, as the parties shall not be allowed to be
represented by legal practitioners, vide the Family Court Act 1984.

Note: This topic being of great importance, two more drafts are provided for
understanding such a very delicate subject clearly, exclusively and perfectly.