Legal Services
Personal status
These matters concern family life and are often sensitive. The firm advises, prepares the papers, and represents clients before the courts and other authorities. Any plan is made for that family’s facts. The outcome depends on those facts and on the law.
Marriage
- Harm caused by withdrawal from an engagement, and related compensation
- Recovery of the dower (mahr) after death or after withdrawal from an engagement
- Annulment, including annulment for lack of suitability and for other legal or religious grounds
- Maintenance, including food, clothing, housing, and domestic service
Parentage
The firm handles parentage under the rule that parentage is established by the marital relationship, by acknowledgment, by evidence, or by scientific means where the marital relationship is proved.
Divorce and khula
- Illness
- Non-payment of the dower
- Harm and discord
- Failure to provide maintenance
- Absence or a missing spouse
- Imprisonment
Custody
The firm looks at whether the conditions for a custodian are met, and at the appointment of another custodian if custody is lost, following the legal order.
Capacity, guardianship, and inheritance
- Legal capacity and guardianship
- The guardian’s duties
- Absent and missing persons
- Wills, estates, and distribution of the inheritance
Call the firm and describe the facts. Whether it can act, and what can realistically be asked for, depends on those facts and on the law.