How easy is a divorce for an Indian woman

1. It depends on the specific cirumstances.
2. It depends on the individuals involved, their tolerance levels, their value systems and what they can deal with, and cannot deal with.

Divorce is very difficult emotionally and practically, and that's why it is suggested only for the most excruciating situations, and in other situations people are adviced to 'work it out between the couple, and handle the differences'. It is not the first option, rather it is the FINAL option when everything else has been tried many times (including temporary separation to be tried out first) and has failed totally.

Ultimately, it is a very tough decision - that only the two individuals involved in it (ofcourse sometimes they are influenced), can make.

 

- Divorce is not an answer for problems in married life. it should be the last step. It is also the starting of many new issues. If the kids are involved, the life after will be more complicated . it is really worth to think about it , before the separation.

Second marriage is always a 'patch up' family, and not same as the first one. Second Marriage is always risky. The new partner might be divorced too, in many cases. Actual reason would not be known. Many cases are with psychological disorders and not visible outside. You may realize it only when you begin to live with him.

- It is difficult to live alone not only in India, but also in abroad. Society would also play its role to isolate the single women. She seems to be a threat for other families. It is very difficult for a single women , that too divorced, to get an apartment for rent.

Society also install a special microscopic camera to track her activities / movements. She would become a topic of discussion in many gatherings, most of them are between people even unknown to her.

Many families pretend that their second marriage is successful and some claim even better that their first marriage. It is not true. A wound is a wound. It might have healed. But the marks remain forever.

 

From a legal point of view there are two challenges in India. The "fault-divorce" (ie legal system forces to find a guilty part in the divorce) and the wifes right to the marital property.

But the legal issues are only a very small portion of the whole thing.

 

Divorce for anyone man or woman anywhere is like a trip to the dentist: dreaded, traumatic, expensive but you beg for it when you really need it.

 

If divorce is inevitable in case of first marriage, the mistake must not repeated with the 2nd marriage. It's better that uninhibited courstship is long before marrying for 2nd time.

Also I understand divorce by "mutual consent" is much quicker.

 

Extremely tough. Many are forced by social stigma to accept even an abusive marriage, rather than opting for a divorce.