Islamic Divorce Ruled Not Valid in Maryland

merrie

5-9-2008 7:21 AM

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merrie says:

That amount was written into the marriage contract Farah Aleem signed the day she married him in their native Pakistan in 1980, according to the appellate decision. The contract was in accordance with Pakistani custom. At the time, he was 29 and she was 18. The couple moved to the Washington area in 1985…

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