Divorce Lawyer in Nepal
                     Divorce Lawyer in Nepal
Applicants can only apply to the district court where they have resided for a certain period of 
time. This means that citizenship is conferred by the country’s government, and if you live 
outside of the country in which you are granted citizenship, you must bring a 
temporary residence permit to your country office. Muluki Civil (Code) 2017 deals with 
divorce issues in Nepal.
Muluki Civil (Code) 2017 Divorce Chapter Sections 93 to 104 is the law on divorce in 
Nepal. The party seeking a divorce (husband or wife) can initiate divorce proceedings in Nepal. A 
couple can end their
marriage at any time they want and this is called an amicable divorce. A husband or wife who 
wants to end a relationship must go to court. When an application for divorce is submitted to the 
court, the court reminds and persuades the parties as much as possible and mediates between 
husband and wife.
If the court fails to make conciliation between the husband and wife even after reminding and 
convincing them and deems it appropriate to get the relationship divorced rather than to continue 
it any longer, the court shall effect divorce between them. Provided that if the husband and wife 
do not agree to conciliate between them despite being reminded and convinced by the court to 
that effect, the court shall effect divorce after one year of filing the petition.
The husband may file a case of divorce in any of the following                  
   circumstances even without the consent of the  wife
• If the wife has been separated for more than three years in a row without her 
husband's consent, except after receiving part of the division according to law, or 
separating bread and board.
• When a wife deprives her husband of care or drives him out of the house.
• If a wife commits an act or conspiracy capable of causing serious injury or other 
serious physical or mental harm to her husband,
• If a woman records a relationship with another person.  
The wife may file a case of divorce in any of the following 
circumstances, even without the consent of the husband.
• If the husband has been separated for more than three consecutive years without 
the wife's consent, except where the husband and wife receive a share or separate 
bread and meals according to law and are separated.
• If the husband deprives the wife of maintenance costs or expels her from home.
• If the husband commits an act or conspiracy capable of causing serious injury or 
other serious physical or mental distress to his wife.
• If your husband marries someone else.
• If the husband proves sexual intercourse with another woman.
• If it is proven that the husband raped his wife.
                                             Partition of property
If the cause of the divorce is the husband and the wife requesting property division, 
the court must divide the property between the husband and wife before the. If the 
divorce of the property division is found to take a long time to carry out, the court will 
order her husband to pay her husband monthly alimony according to her husband's 
assets and income until the division is completed. can do. If the wife remarries before 
the separation, she is not entitled to separate.
 A husband is not obligated to pay any shares or child support to her wife if the 
petition for divorce is filed under the following conditions:
• If a wife deprives her husband of maintenance fees or banishes the house,
• If a wife commits an act or conspiracy capable of causing serious injury or other 
serious physical or mental harm to her husband,
• If it is proven that the woman had a sexual relationship with another person.
                            To pay a lump sum amount or alimony
If the wife who effects divorce desires to obtain from the husband a lump sum amount 
or annual or monthly alimony or expense, instead of the partition share, the court may 
order the husband to provide such a wife with a lump sum amount or annual or 
monthly alimony or expense on the basis of his property or income.  If such a wife 
concludes another marriage, it is not required to provide such amount or alimony.
To provide maintenance costs
• If the wife, has not obtained partition from the husband there is no property for 
Partition before doing divorce, desires to receive maintenance costs from the 
husband and the husband has income, the Court may order the husband to 
provide maintenance costs to the wife according to the income of the divorced 
husband. 
Provided that:
• If such a wife concludes another marriage, it is not required to provide such costs.
• If the wife's income is higher than that of the husband, it is not required to provide 
such costs.
The following documents are required for the divorce application.
• Marriage certificate (if not available then any other proof of marriage like of photo 
of marriage).
• Copy of the citizenship certificate of both husband and wife.
• Passport-sized photograph of the applicant.
• Temporary Resident letter from Ward office (if the applicant resides except the 
District then issuance of Citizenship).
• Evidence to prove the claim (like a child's birth certificate).
                          Agreement between husband and wife
If there exists a written agreement between the husband and wife on the partition 
share or alimony to which the wife is entitled upon divorce, it shall be according to 
such agreement. Provided that no agreement which is against the interest of a  minor 
may be made.
             
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Anamnagar, Kathmandu, Nepal
Postal Code 44600 
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