S.S. SATHEESACHANDRAN, J.

1. The above three transfer petitions are filed by the same petitioner seeking transfer of three cases pending on the file of the Family Court, Kottarakkara to the Family Court, Kollam. Petitioner is the wife and the respondent, the husband. Matrimonial disputes of the spouses have given rise to three proceedings before the Family Court, one of them by the wife and the two others by the husband. The wife has filed O.P.No.616 of 2010 seeking a decree for return of gold ornaments and compensation. Husband has filed two other petitions as O.P.Nos.358 of 2011 and O.P.No.830 of 2011, the former to restrain the wife from collecting the amount on the policy taken in her name in the Life Insurance Corporation and the latter restraining her from entering into the matrimonial home. All the above three petitions are now pending before the Family Court, Kottarakkara. Petitioner/wife seeks transfer of the cases to the Family Court, Kollam as indicated earlier.

2. Notice given, the respondent/husband has entered appearance. I heard the counsel on both sides. Transfer is sought for by the wife on the ground that in view of what transpired earlier with respect to the