A recent Delhi High Court order in a marital dispute case might be just the blessing in disguise a man locked in a divorce battle in Bandra's Family Court since 2012 and seeking maintenance from his wife for their two children need. Passed on November 10, 2017, by Justice I S Mehta, it states, "A spouse can't be exempted from contributing towards the maintenance of a minor child, even if the other spouse, with whom the child stays, earns sufficiently well." So, the point made being that both parents, irrespective of sources of income, have to contribute for their child's upbringing.

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