Judicial judgment — Judicial principles and decisions — Personal status
Selected Maintenance and Personal-Status Entitlements
Decision reference: Articles cited in the supplied material include Personal Status Law Articles 60, 168, 178, 187, 190, and 195, Articles 43 and 44, and Article 155 as summarized.
The supplied summary states: the wife’s maintenance runs from the marriage contract and is calculated from filing; children’s maintenance runs from birth until the customary age, and for a daughter until marriage; education maintenance runs from preschool through the first university stage; custody, child-housing, and nursing fees arise during and after the waiting period of an irrevocable divorce subject to the legal conditions; compensation for arbitrary divorce follows the waiting period within one to three years of maintenance. The full dowry is due after consummation, valid seclusion, or death after consummation; half is due before consummation or valid seclusion.
Family and personal status
Judicial judgment — Judicial principles and decisions — Personal status
Updated: 22 September 2026
Prepared and reviewed by: Ashraf Al-Khawaja
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The supplied summary states: the wife’s maintenance runs from the marriage contract and is calculated from filing; children’s maintenance runs from birth until the customary age, and for a daughter until marriage; education maintenance runs from preschool through the first university stage; custody, child-housing, and nursing fees arise during and after the waiting period of an irrevocable divorce subject to the legal conditions; compensation for arbitrary divorce follows the waiting period within one to three years of maintenance. The full dowry is due after consummation, valid seclusion, or death after consummation; half is due before consummation or valid seclusion.
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When do selected maintenance, custody, housing, education, and dowry entitlements arise?
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The supplied summary states: the wife’s maintenance runs from the marriage contract and is calculated from filing; children’s maintenance runs from birth until the customary age, and for a daughter until marriage; education maintenance runs from preschool through the first university stage; custody, child-housing, and nursing fees arise during and after the waiting period of an irrevocable divorce subject to the legal conditions; compensation for arbitrary divorce follows the waiting period within one to three years of maintenance. The full dowry is due after consummation, valid seclusion, or death after consummation; half is due before consummation or valid seclusion.
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