HMA 26 — Custody of children

Hindu Marriage Act, 1955

Statutory text

In any proceeding under this Act, the court may, from time to time, pass
such interim orders and make such provisions in the decree as it may deem just and proper with respect to
the  custody,  maintenance  and  education  of  minor  children,  consistently  with  their  wishes,  wherever
possible, and may, after the decree, upon application by petition for the purpose, make from time to time,
all such orders and provisions with respect to the custody, maintenance and education of such children as
might have been made by such decree or interim orders in case the proceeding for obtaining such decree
were still pending, and the court may also from time to time revoke, suspend or vary any such orders and
provisions previously made:

[Provided that the application with respect to the  maintenance and education of the  minor children,
pending  the  proceeding  for  obtaining  such  decree,  shall,  as  far  as  possible,  be  disposed  of  within  sixty days from the date of service of notice on the respondent.]

Back to HMA