law: Indian Divorce Act, 1869 
  38. Court may direct payment of alimony to wife or to her
  
  trustee 
  In all cases in which the Court makes any decree or order for
  
  alimony, it may direct the same to be paid either to the wife herself, or to any
  
  trustee on her behalf to be approved by the court, and may impose any terms or
  
  restrictions which to the Court seem expedient, and may from time to time
  
  appoint a new trustee, if it appears to the court expedient so to do.