2023 Virginia Unpublished: Yazdi v. Darai: Dowry Unrelated to Spousal Support During cross-examination, the wife admitted that she had a dowry of five hundred gold coins in Iran and that she had started the process to recover her dowry in November 2019. But she explained that she did not know the value of it and
In Afghahi v. Ghafoorian (2010), Trial Court ruled that husband pay 514 gold coins to wife pursuant to a premarital contract between the parties. Court allowed the marriage contract into evidence, wife to testify as to Iranian and Islamic law, and without expert testimony awarded wife 514 gold coins when the parties had no assets
2009 OVISSI v. SALEMI: Dowry is Sole and Separate Property of Wife In 2009 Ovissi v. Salemi, post-separation, the Husband used a line of credit against a marital residence and paid the Wife’s dowry of $60,000.00. In accounting for the use of the line of credit, the Trial Court denied credit for payment of the
Warning: This is an Unpublished Case. For information only. No precedential value. While California divorce pending, Wife enforced her Iranian Dowry which resulted travel ban against Husband (not leaving to country until the Dowry is paid). Husband requested and California Court ordered Wife to dismissal of the Iranian filed dissolution, her Dowry demand and, removing Husband’s
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.” These clear, unambiguous contractual provisions are subject to interpretation under neutral principles of law. …Thus, the superior court did not need to assume the role
In this unpublished Case, the Appellate Court confirmed the Judgment of the Trial Court, which found enforcement of Judgement amounts to collecting the same debt more than once.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 uses the term “MEHR” (love in Farsi) instead of “MAHR” (bridal promissory gift). Many Iranians use the word interchangeably without knowing the difference.
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 her $15,000.00 deferred Dowry in Sharia Court in Jordan after Husband filed Chapter 13 Bankruptcy in Kansas. Husband traveled to Jordan to attend a funeral but was stopped from leaving
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 enforcement of Bangladesh marriage Mahr provision. Husband argued that the deferred portion of the Mahr is maximum that Wife may recover under Sharia law. The Appellate Court disagreed.
In Summary Judgment, a Trial Court in NY ruled that a Mahr agreement entered in New York could not be upheld due to the lack of an acknowledgment. The Court noticed that “language, history, and subsequent New York statutory law of DRL 236(B)(3), have clearly created no exception to the acknowledgment requirement.” The Court differentiated
Two recent decisions in Texas denied payment of Islamic Mahr to Wives for different reasons. In Qutiefan v. Safi, No. 01-18-00425-CV, the Court of Appeals of Texas, First District (Houston), affirmed Trial Court’s decision denying unspecified Dowry. Neither Trial nor the Appellate Courts provided a factual or legal reason. The 17 years of marriage between