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Separated and Divorced Women in India examines the economic rights and entitlements of separated/deserted women in law and practice in India, and explores all the laws and policies relating to financial support for a wife or child that come into play once a separation or divorce has taken place. Based on a survey of more than 400 women in four different regions across the country, this seminal work lays bare the miserable financial conditions of separated/deserted women and the lengthy procedural obstacles that these women have to contend with to get any justice. It interrogates the absenc

Divorced women --- Separated women --- Separate maintenance --- Divorcees --- Ex-wives --- Former wives --- Displaced homemakers --- Divorced people --- Single women --- Alimony --- Separation (Law) --- Support (Domestic relations) --- Separated people --- Women --- Economic conditions. --- Legal status, laws, etc.