P.Krishna Kumar, J.

The appellant is the petitioner in O.P. No.736/2018 on the files of the Family Court, Mavelikkara. The said petition was filed, inter alia, seeking recovery of money and gold ornaments from the respondents, who are the husband and in- laws of the appellant. By the judgment impugned in this appeal, the Family Court allowed the petition in part.

2. For the ease of reference, the parties shall hereinafter be referred to as they were arrayed in the original petition. The marriage between the petitioner and the first respondent was solemnised on 22.05.2011. The petitioner alleged that her parents had given her 101 sovereigns of gold ornaments at the time of marriage, out of which 85.375 sovereigns were misappropriated by the respondents for their personal needs. It was further alleged that, at the demand of the respondents, the petitioner’s father entrusted a sum of Rs.11,00,000/- to the second respondent towards her family share. It was also alleged that the mother of the petitioner had subscribed to the chit fund conducted by the second respondent and that an amount of Rs.5,37,500/- was due to her in that regard, which was misappropriated by the second respondent by