Abandonment – An Introduction Abandonment is also known as desertion. It happens when a husband or a wife decides to leave the marriage home. That person also leaves his or her spouse, to live elsewhere. The spouse that is left behind is abandoned. And that’s a ground for divorce. When John (not his real name) […]

Introduction – Divorce within 2 years There is a restriction on presenting a divorce petition in Malaysia within 2 years from the date of registration. So, can you divorce within 2 years? Maybe you can. Jacob married Janet six months ago. Jacob later had an affair. Janet wanted to seek a divorce. Jacob was agreeable […]

Introduction – Conversion to Islam John and Sally’s marriage fell apart, and they could not agree who would get custody of their 3 year old child. John, adamant to get custody, converted to Islam, and converted his child to Islam, as well. John then left the house, taking his child with him. Sally’s lawyer told her […]

Introduction – Citizenship of Children Citizenship of children is a real problem. Under the law, citizenship of a child follows that of the father, if the mother was married when the child was born. However, citizenship of the child will follow the mother, if the mother was not married when the child was born. For […]

Divorce Process Flow – Introduction In this particular post, we cover the divorce process flow. When we talk about “process flow”, we usually think about diagrams that show how processes flow from one to another. So, in a divorce process flow, we are trying to describe how divorce takes place, process by process. Who is […]