What Is Child Treatment Maintenance in Jordan and What Does It Cover?

A child's medical maintenance under Jordanian law is a core item of child support. Article 192 of the Personal Status Law obliges the father to maintain his children's treatment, so treatment falls within the maintenance owed by a father of means under Article 187, alongside food, clothing, housing, and education.

Medical maintenance covers the medical treatment and medicine the child needs according to his actual need, assessed by the father's means, whether comfortable or constrained, under Article 189. Where the father is insolvent and unable to provide treatment and the mother is solvent, Article 193 addresses this by obliging the mother to pay, as a debt she recovers from the father when he becomes able.

A child's treatment is thus a guaranteed right tied to ability, assessed at a reasonable level according to the payer's means and the child's need.

Determining what medical maintenance covers and its amount remains within the Sharia Court's competence according to the child's need, the father's ability, and the facts of each case.

This is a general explanation based on Jordanian Personal Status Law and does not replace advice from a qualified lawyer in a specific dispute.