Cases involving mahr with our expert commentary.
This article introduces seven practical cultural metaphors that illuminate how cross-cultural misunderstandings arise in family court and how judges, attorneys, and mental-health professionals can more accurately interpret parties’ conduct, communication, and motivations. Drawing on decades of expert testimony and cultural-competency
This article analyzes the “pyramid of power” as a defining framework of authority and hierarchy within traditional Iranian families and explores how this structure shapes legal rights, obligations, and dispute-resolution outcomes under Iranian law and in California family-law litigation involving
I reside in California but was married online through Utah County, while my fiancé resides in Canada. FAQs Summary A Utah online marriage, if properly licensed, performed, and recorded under Utah law, is valid and enforceable in California under Family
Ancient Roots of Mahr The idea of a marital gift from husband to wife is older than Islam. U.S. Courts on Mahr American courts do not enforce religion—they enforce contracts under “neutral principles of law.” If mahr is definite, voluntary,
Proxy Marriage of California Residents. FAQs In English Farsi. What the law really says.
سؤال: آیا میتوانم با وکالتنامه در کالیفرنیا با نامزدم از ایران ازدواج کنم؟
Courts may debate Mahr’s compatibility with state law, but they cannot avoid explaining themselves. Public policy requires reasons, not silence. The importance of the 2025 Shabanian v. Hosseini. decision from the Tennessee Court of Appeals.