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When Does Wife Maintenance Lapse in Jordanian Law?
Cases when the wife's maintenance is forfeited under Jordanian law: nushūz, refusal to move to the lawful residence, and divorce after the ʿidda.
⚖ Based on official Jordanian law — Personal Status Law No. 15 of 2019
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- What does NOT void maintenance?
- Wife's wealth, her work with husband's consent, religious difference after a valid contract, her illness or disability, infertility, and ordinary disagreement between spouses.
- How is the lapse judicially established?
- The husband files a nushūz or maintenance-voidance case, submits evidence (witnesses, correspondence, reports), the court hears the wife and her defense, then issues a ruling.
- Does a wife in nushūz regain maintenance after returning?
- Yes — return to the marital home ends nushūz immediately, and maintenance resumes from the return date. A new maintenance case can be filed when the lapse cause is removed.
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