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Divorce and property division cases involving dowry or mahr assets are handled in United States courts when the parties live in the U.S. This site lists some of such cases by state, with external links to the cases.
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2023: IRMO ALULDDIN v. ALFARTOUS, Arizona Court of Appeals, Division I In this case, the Agreement required Husband to pay Wife a total dowry of $25,000 “when she demands it.”
In this unpublished Case, the Appellate Court confirmed the Judgment of the Trial Court, which found enforcement of Judgement amounts to collecting the same debt more than once. NOTE: The Court
The U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Kansas found that attempt to collect Jordanian Dowry violated the Chapter 13 Automatic Stay, § 362, resulting Sanction and Recoverable Attorney fee and Cost. Wife registered
In Parbeen v. Bari, the 4th District Court of Appeal, Florida, reversed the trial Court judgment which denied spousal support and equitable distribution of marital assets to Wife due to