We got married in India. Now we live in Kuwait, and my wife got a divorce decree from a Kuwaiti court. Is this decree legally recognized in India? If not, how can we make it valid here?

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Law Forum › Category: Divorce › We got married in India. Now we live in Kuwait, and my wife got a divorce decree from a Kuwaiti court. Is this decree legally recognized in India? If not, how can we make it valid here?
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Apni Law Staff asked 2 years ago

We got married in India. Now we live in Kuwait, and my wife got a divorce decree from a Kuwaiti court. Is this decree legally recognized in India? If not, how can we make it valid here?

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Apni Law Staff answered 2 years ago

A divorce decree from a Kuwaiti court may not be automatically recognized in India. To make it valid, you need to file a petition in an Indian court seeking to have the Kuwaiti decree recognized and enforced under the provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908.

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