Not paying maintenance to wife, children economic abuse, rules Kerala High Court

4 min readNew DelhiUpdated: Jul 30, 2026 01:08 PM IST Kerala High Court says it is the moral as well as legal obligation of a husband to maintain his wife and child irrespective of his financial capacity. (AI generated Image)Holding that a husband’s non-payment of maintenance amounts to “economic abuse” and constitutes

The Kerala high court upheld a family court's divorce decree for a man. The court found the wife's willingness to reconcile insufficient to deny divorce. Repeated reconciliation attempts had failed, and the marriage had broken down. The husband had alleged cruelty and maladjusted behavior from his wife. The high co

Claims of victims of domestic violence need no independent corroboration as the harassment usually happens inside the confines of a house, says court