The Court, in favor of the Wife, held that a talaq divorce obtained in accordance to Pakistani law could not be enforced by comity because it was so contrary to Maryland public policy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Aleem v. Aleem, 931 A.2d 1123; 175 Md. App. 663 (Md. Ct. Spec. App. 2006) Court: Court of Special Appeals of Maryland<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Husband and Wife, of Pakistani descent, were married in Pakistan. The couple moved to the U.S. and have had been living in Maryland for over twenty years when the Wife sought a limited divorce. The court ordered the Husband to leave the family home and to pay for child support. Few months later, the Wife amended the complaint to request an absolute divorce. Before the Wife amended her complaint, the Husband presented himself at the Pakistani embassy in Washington D.C. and performed a \u201ctalaq\u201d (divorce) in accordance with Pakistani law, including pronouncement of talaq, notice in writing, and supplying the wife with a copy of the notice. The Husband then requested that the Wife\u2019s claim for divorce be dismissed. The Husband\u2019s expert witness testified that under Pakistani law, the wife had no rights to property in her husband\u2019s name. The Husband went through three trials, at the end of which the court granted the Wife a divorce and ordered that the Husband pay 50% of payments from his retirement plan to the Wife. While Husband wanted the court grant comity to the Pakistani divorce, the court refused.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Husband appealed the lower court\u2019s decision. On appeal, the appellate court affirmed the lower court\u2019s decisions and found that because Pakistani law was so contrary to Maryland public policy, no comity would be granted to the Pakistani divorce. The court pointed to the stark difference of \u201cthe default under Pakistani law is that the Wife had no right to property titled in Husband\u2019s name, while the default under Maryland law is that the wife has marital property rights in property titled in the husband\u2019s name.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n History: The Husband sought review. The Court of Appeals of Maryland affirmed the lower courts\u2019 decision in favor of the Wife. The court affirmed the ruling that enforcing a foreign talaq divorce, where only the husband had the right to utilize it and the wife lacked significant due process, was contrary to Maryland public policy.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Court, in favor of the Wife, held that a talaq divorce obtained in accordance to Pakistani law could not be enforced by comity because it was so contrary to Maryland public policy. Aleem v. Aleem, 931 A.2d 1123; 175 Md. App. 663 (Md. Ct. Spec. 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