Wife gets 50% share in husband’s property after divorce – India Law
Do you love your wife? You better do ! There were few changes made few weeks back in the marriage laws in India, which everybody should be aware about. A bill called “Marriage Law’s (Amendment) Bill 2010″ was passed in Rajya Sabha which has made some major changes in the women rights on how the properties would be divided after divorce. The biggest change says – “ As per new Divorce law, Wife share in property would be 50% in all her husband’s residential properties, no matter what and in other properties, her share will be decided as per the court decision. ” Wife share in property owned by husband would be 50% Earlier, before this change – a women was entitled for a share in husband’s properties, but there was no quantum defined as per law, it would be any percentage depending on the case, but now with this amendment done, a women will enjoy equal sharing without any condition in all the residential properties owned by husband. But in this case, wo...
