…women. In fact, the ruling is consistent with Islamic law, which prohibits spousal abuse, including nonconsensual sexual relations. For example, there are reported cases where a wife was acquitted of…
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…the requirement under Texas law of expressing intent to convert community property into separate property. While the appellate court reversed the $50,000 award to the Wife, it gave the Wife…
…In this case, there was no disclosure of the husband’s assets and the wife did not receive independent advice before signing the nikah nama. Therefore, under Virginia law, this nikah…
…fees. The Husband appealed the trial court’s decision. On appeal, the court reversed and found for the husband. Applying principles of contract law, the court held that the mahr agreement…
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…to another state. The Court found that based on Islamic law and customs if Wife was found to be at fault in the divorce the sadaq was returnable to Husband….
…in Maryland case, Aleem v. Aleem, 931 A.2d 1123 at 1131. In that case, the court did not apply Pakistani Law, because there was no ruling by a Pakistani court…
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…with the Husband on both counts. The court refused to extend comity where the Egyptian divorce decree was obtained by a procedure which denied due process of law to the…
The Court, in favor of the Husband, recognized a divorce obtained in Egypt that was in accordance with Egyptian law. Both Husband and Wife were Egyptian citizens. Sherif v. Sherif,…
…under Michigan law. The couple had two children. After four years, the Father had received two religious divorces, and had legally married another woman in Michigan. The Father then requested…
The Court invalidated a marriage where the couple failed to obtain a marriage license as required under New Jersey law. Yaghoubinejad v. Haghighi, 384 N.J. Super. 339; 894 A.2d 1173…
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