{"id":53806,"date":"2023-03-22T14:55:19","date_gmt":"2023-03-22T09:25:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/corpbiz.io\/learning\/?p=53806"},"modified":"2023-04-11T12:28:58","modified_gmt":"2023-04-11T06:58:58","slug":"what-if-divorce-notice-is-not-received","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/corpbiz.io\/learning\/what-if-divorce-notice-is-not-received\/","title":{"rendered":"What If Divorce Notice Is Not Received?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In India, for parties to seek a divorce needs to send a legal notice to the opposite party as a first step in the divorce procedure. A <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/corpbiz.io\/divorce-notice\">divorce notice<\/a><\/strong> is a document being sent by one party to the another mentioning details desiring at seeking divorce along with mentioning reason for the same. It is a form of formal communication indicating the intention of a party to terminate a marriage. The details in the divorce include reasons for seeking a divorce, a possible recourse, maintenance, custody of the child, distribution and disposal of property, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Usually, a notice\nis served by way of courier, a registered post or certified mail. It all\ndepends on the facilities and prevailing laws in the respective place and the religion\nof the parties. It is the first step towards the termination of a marriage\nbetween two parties. There are other important conditions and requirements to\nbe fulfilled before passing a decree for divorce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title ez-toc-toggle\" style=\"cursor:pointer\">Page Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 eztoc-toggle-hide-by-default' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/corpbiz.io\/learning\/what-if-divorce-notice-is-not-received\/#What_Happens_When_A_Divorce_Notice_Is_Not_Received\" >What Happens When A Divorce Notice\nIs Not Received?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/corpbiz.io\/learning\/what-if-divorce-notice-is-not-received\/#What_Is_An_Ex-Parte_Decree\" >What Is An Ex-Parte Decree?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/corpbiz.io\/learning\/what-if-divorce-notice-is-not-received\/#Remedies_against_Ex_Parte_Divorce_Decree\" >Remedies against Ex Parte Divorce\nDecree<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/corpbiz.io\/learning\/what-if-divorce-notice-is-not-received\/#Conclusion\" >Conclusion<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_Happens_When_A_Divorce_Notice_Is_Not_Received\"><\/span>What Happens When A Divorce Notice\nIs Not Received?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The parties\nwilling to terminate his\/her marriage can directly file a petition before the\nrespective court in spite of sending a legal notice before approaching the\ncourt. Thus, a situation might arise that the opposite party might not divorce\nnotice to summon in the court. There are the below-mentioned assumptions to a\nsituation when no divorce notice is received:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol><li>In\ncases where the divorce notice is not duly served, the reasons might be sending\nthe notice to the wrong address or when the respondent is not present at the\ngiven address. Thus, there is a need to send the divorce again to the proper\naddress cautiously.<\/li><li>If\nsuch notice is not served to the opposite party due to the fault of the\nplaintiff, then the court is empowered to impose a cost on the plaintiff for\npostponing the hearing.<\/li><li>If\nthere is a situation when the divorce notice is served at the last minute to\nthe opposite party, then the court has the power to adjourn the date of\nproceedings and order the parties to be present on a new date of hearing.<\/li><li>When\nsuch divorce notice is served duly to the opposite party but if such person\ndoes not appear before the court willfully, then the court has the power to\npass an ex-parte decree in favour of the plaintiff. An ex-parte decree has the\nsame validity and enforceability just as a normal bi-parte decree.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_Is_An_Ex-Parte_Decree\"><\/span>What Is An Ex-Parte Decree?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>An ex-parte decree\nis passed when either party to a case is not present after summons has been\nserved to him\/her. An ex-parte decree is passed in the cases of a contested\ndivorce. A contested divorce is a different method than a mutual divorce where\nboth the parties to marriage mutually decide to terminate their marriage. If\nthe summon is served to the opposite party to be present before the court on a\nspecific date for the divorce proceedings and either party to the proceedings\nabsents himself\/herself and does not appear before the court on the said date\nthen the court is empowered to pass an ex-parte decree against the party who\ndoes not appear before the court. This rule has been stated under Order 9, Rule\n6 of <strong>the Code of\nCivil Procedure, 1908<\/strong><sup><a class=\"text-primary\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indiacode.nic.in\/bitstream\/123456789\/2191\/1\/A1908-05.pdf\"><strong>[1]<\/strong><\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Remedies_against_Ex_Parte_Divorce_Decree\"><\/span>Remedies against Ex Parte Divorce\nDecree<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>There are certain\nremedies available to the party against whom an ex-parte decree has been\npassed. These remedies are as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>The party against whom\nthe decree has been passed can request the court to set aside such decree on\nthe below-mentioned grounds stated under Order 9 Rule 13 of the Code of Civil\nProcedure, 1908:<ul><li>In\ncases where the summons is not duly served to the opposite party, or<\/li><li>The\nrespondent was prevented from being present before the court for proceedings on\nthe said date for some reasonable cause.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>If\nany of the above two conditions are found to be true and a satisfactory reason\nhas been given by the opposite party, then the ex-parte decree will be set\naside and its validity will become null and void. The reasonable cause has not\nbeen defined by the law but a cause is said to be reasonable when there occurs\na situation which is beyond the control of the party to the divorce case. It\ndepends upon the judges and circumstances of the case to decide which reason is\nreasonable and which is not. Any negligence on the part of a party for not\nbeing present in the court is not considered a reasonable cause.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As\nper Rule 13 of Order 9, the party willing to set aside a divorce decree can\nappeal for the same within 30 days from the date on which the order was passed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Another remedy available\nto the party who is willing to set aside an ex-parte decree for divorce can\nmake an appeal as per the provisions stated under Section 96 of the Code of\nCivil Procedure, 1908. Such an appeal is called a first appeal and if such an application\nfor appeal is rejected by the court then such an appeal becomes null and void.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Conclusion\"><\/span>Conclusion<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A petition for divorce is filed before the court to seek divorce. But there might occur certain circumstances where a divorce notice is not received by the opposite party. In case, where a party is not present before the court willfully, then the court has the power to pass an ex-parte decree. Also, the Acts prevailing in India have certain remedies for the person who wishes to set aside an ex-parte decree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Also Read<\/strong>: <br><a href=\"https:\/\/corpbiz.io\/learning\/section-148a-of-code-of-civil-procedure-right-to-lodge-a-caveat-petition\/\">Section 148A Of Code Of Civil Procedure \u2013 Right To Lodge A Caveat Petition<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In India, for parties to seek a divorce needs to send a legal notice to the opposite party as a first step in the divorce procedure. A divorce notice is a document being sent by one party to the another mentioning details desiring at seeking divorce along with mentioning reason for the same. It is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":63,"featured_media":53807,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[342],"tags":[3290],"acf":{"service_id":"69"},"authorName":"Dharna Rajpal","authorImageUrl":"https:\/\/corpbiz.io\/learning\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/MicrosoftTeams-image-19.jpg","authorDescription":"Dharna Rajpal is currently pursuing her LLM in Corporate Laws from NIMS University, Jaipur and is a gold medalist in her graduation. She has a command over legal research and writing. She has published chapters in several books mostly related to corporate and commercial laws.\u00a0","postViews":11675,"readingTime":4,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/corpbiz.io\/learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53806"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/corpbiz.io\/learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/corpbiz.io\/learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corpbiz.io\/learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/63"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corpbiz.io\/learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53806"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/corpbiz.io\/learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53806\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54884,"href":"https:\/\/corpbiz.io\/learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53806\/revisions\/54884"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corpbiz.io\/learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53807"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/corpbiz.io\/learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corpbiz.io\/learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corpbiz.io\/learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}