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Does Maintenance Lapse Immediately After Divorce in Jordan?
What happens to maintenance immediately upon divorce in Jordan: general wife maintenance, ʿidda maintenance, and child support.
⚖ Based on official Jordanian law — Personal Status Law No. 15 of 2019
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- ⚖Cites Personal Status Law No. 15 of 2019
Frequently Asked Questions
- What continues after divorce?
- ʿIdda maintenance throughout the ʿidda, child support on the father, past-due maintenance as a debt, deferred dowry due upon divorce, and mutʿat al-talaq in arbitrary-divorce cases.
- When does maintenance lapse immediately on divorce?
- Exceptionally: in khulʿ that includes voiding it, the divorcée's marriage to another during ʿidda, the wife's express documented waiver, or pre-divorce subsisting nushūz.
- What does the divorcée do to protect her rights?
- Officially document the divorce date to start ʿidda count, file an ʿidda-maintenance case immediately, specify deferred dowry and trousseau, file a separate child-support case, and consult a lawyer.
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