hi deepak,
I am in a same situation like you. My wife deserted me along with my
kids (without my knowledge) and left for India.It was all preplanned
by my inlaws who interfered too much into my family matters. I had
lodged a police complaint after my family went missing as my in laws
pretended they have no clue about it and asked me to search with
family and friends. I searched desperately for them for 4 days when
the police informed me they have gone back to India. My father in
law was not anxious at all and was still informing me that my wife
and daughter are not with him and was asking me to search for them
myself. My in laws lied to me that my wife and daughter are with
them. My relatives went to my inlaws house in India and to my
surprise they found my family over there. For the last 6 months I
have asking my wife to come back as she has no future for her or my
Kids if she decides to stay with her parents. I have been married
for 10 years with 2 kids aged 7 and 1 year old. My wife was homesick
after she joined me after 8 months along with her parents. Once her
parents left for India she was missing her parents and pressurized
me to find a job in India and relocate there immediately. I refused
for this as I had invested huge amount of money in purchasing a
house to please my wife and had enrolled my eldest daughter into a
private Indian school paying a hefty deposit and registration fees
on my wife's pressure. She refused to budge and kept nagging on me
for day together. I scolded her and told her it is not possible for
me for another 2 years atleast. She refused to budge...and decided
to leave me. My in laws visited us at my cost ... and I took them to
Thailand trip at my own cost.
I had invested huge amounts in India joint accounts with my wife in
NRE investments and in Post office fixed deposits with my FIL (who
was a joint holder to my accounts without my knowledge). These
investments total to more than 25 lakhs. I had left all my
investment certificates, jewelry around 50 tolas (4nos of 10 tolas
gold biscuit which my wife forced me to buy as an investment for our
daughters marriage). I had been asking my wife to join me back in
Singapore if she had any resposibilities towards me or our children.
To my surprise after six months of staying seperately she filed a
case at family court in her hometown under section 125 for
maintenance of Rs50,000/- per month claiming that she is a burden on
her parents and would like to reside in a house of her own with my
children. She is claiming Rs30,000/- for herself and Rs10,000 each
for each of my children to provide quality education for them. She
is falsely implicating me to have driven her out of matrimonial
house after snatching all her jewelry 40 tolas of gold from her (my
wife had never brought her jewelry to Singapore after her marriage).
Under sec 10 they are requesting authorities not to allow me to
discharge my money from NRE accounts and fixed deposits in Post
office, which I had frozen earlier on precautionary grounds when my
wife went missing.
I have been consulting a lawyer in India, who advised me not to sign
any notices sent to me. As per him the last jurisdiction is the
place where we resided together and according to him I will be
laible to appear if I acknowledge the summons in Singapore.They are
sending notices to my company address here and my house address in
India. My case was adjourned last week as I had not signed any
summons sent to me... my brother who is holidaying in India happened
to receive and sign the registered post sent to my India address.
So, Deepak frustrate your wife and inlaws and make them come to you
for a compromise. Do not send any money to your wife or acknowlege
any summons sent to you. Just ignore them... consult a good lawyer
in India.

Regards,

--- In misusedowryact@yahoogroups.com, "deepak498a"
<deepak498a@y...> wrote:
>
> Following a dowry complaint, my wife has filed for maintenance at
the
> Family court in India asking Rs. 1 lakh per month as I live in the
U.S
> and have refused to live with her. My job is also having problems
and
> there is no way I can handle such a high amount. Any idea what
will be
> the maximum amount ( this would matter especially to NRIs) would be
> really helpful.
>
> Deepak