Family & succession
Family & Succession — Kerala Courts and Remedies
Family and succession matters before the Family Court and the District Court in Ernakulam and the High Court of Kerala — mutual-consent and contested divorce, maintenance and domestic-violence proceedings, child custody, guardianship and visitation, habeas corpus in custody disputes, matrimonial appeals and transfers, and wills, probate, succession and heirship certificates, including for NRI families. Each entry sets out the problem, the law, the forum, the procedure, the documents usually needed and the limitation clock. General information only — verify the current position on your facts before acting.
Marriage, divorce, maintenance and domestic violence
- Mutual consent – Sec.13B HMA / Sec.10A Indian Divorce Act
- 13B waiver – Amardeep Singh guidelines
- NRI mutual consent – video / PoA
- Contested divorce – cruelty
- Contested divorce – desertion
- Maintenance – Sec.144 BNSS (ex-125 CrPC)
- Parallel maintenance coordination
- DV appeal – Sec.29 PWDV Act
- DV restraint / quash – Sec.528 BNSS
- Restitution of conjugal rights
- Special Marriage / inter-faith procedure
- Maintenance execution
Custody, guardianship and habeas corpus
- Habeas corpus for missing minor child (W.P.(Crl.))
- Habeas corpus for adult daughter in alleged illegal custody
- Habeas corpus for spouse in matrimonial custody dispute
- Habeas corpus for mentally ill person in unlawful confinement
- Habeas corpus for senior citizen in illegal custody of relatives
- Child custody – welfare paramount
- Custody relocation – India / abroad
- NRI guardianship – GW Act + PoA
- Visitation enforcement