Maintenance
نان نفقہ
Family
Maintenance is the money paid for the support of a wife or children, which a family court can order.
What does Maintenance mean in plain words?
If a husband does not maintain his wife or children, they can file a suit in the family court, which has exclusive jurisdiction over maintenance. At any stage of the suit the court can pass an interim order for maintenance, payable by the fourteenth of each month. A wife can alternatively apply to the Union Council Chairman, whose Arbitration Council may issue a certificate fixing the maintenance (section 9, Muslim Family Laws Ordinance).
When will I hear Maintenance?
The family court fixed Rs 40,000 a month as maintenance for the two children.
Which law covers Maintenance?
Section 5, Schedule Part I item 3 and section 17A, West Pakistan Family Courts Act 1964; Section 9, Muslim Family Laws Ordinance 1961