Jurisdiction for filing divorce petition

amit kumar (Querist) 11 October 2017 This query is : Resolved
i and my spouse living together in goa for last 6 years. she has extra marital affairs with someone. on 5 august 2017 finally she told that she wants divorce. i have two children (daughter- 6 years and son-3 years). due to this i took her to patna to settle the problem in front of her family. we reached patna on 8 august 2017 and on 9 august 2017 she went to roadside with her mother and abscond. till date there is no any information about her. children are residing with me.
now i request you give me suggestion about jurisdiction of divorce and procedure.

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Vijay Raj Mahajan (Expert) 11 October 2017
You can file for divorce in the Family Court of the district where the marriage was solemnised, or where both parties last resided together or where presently the respondent is residing.

Rajendra K Goyal (Expert) 11 October 2017
Agree with the expert Vijay Raj Mahajan.

Advocate Bhartesh goyal (Expert) 11 October 2017
Divorce petition can be filed at place where marriage was solemnized or where both of you resided together lastly,I.e Goa.