R. Narayana Pisharadi, J.

This appeal is filed challenging the judgment and decree passed by the Family Court, Attingal in O.P. No. 582/2013.

2. The appellant was the father of the first and the second respondents and the husband of the third respondent. He died during the pendency of the appeal. His legal representative, his second wife, has been impleaded as additional second appellant in the appeal.

3. The petitioners in O.P.No.582/2013, who are the first and the second respondents in the appeal, shall be hereinafter referred to as 'the daughters'. The respondents in O.P. No. 582/2013 shall be hereinafter referred to as 'the father' and 'the mother'.

4. The minor daughters filed O.P.No.582/2013 against their parents claiming Rs.1,17,000/- towards arrears of past maintenance. They also claimed Rs.4,500/- each per month from the parents towards future maintenance. The daughters also claimed Rs.15,00,000/- each towards their marriage expenses.

5. At the time of filing of the original petition by the daughters, their parents had obtained a decree of divorce and they had remarried.

6. The father filed counter statement in the case raising mainly the following contentions. He had