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Aleem v. Aleem

Citations

  • 947 A.2d 489
  • 404 Md. 404
  • 2008 Md. LEXIS 246

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that divorce obtained in Pakistan pursuant to civil analog of Islamic law would not be recognized because it was contrary to Maryland public policy expressed in Equal Rights Amendment
  • holding that divorce obtained in Pakistan pursuant to civil analog of Islamic law would not be recognized because it was contrary to Maryland public policy expressed in Equal Rights Amendment
  • declining to extend comity to talaq divorce under Islamic religious law and secular Pakistani law as recognition of talaq would violate the due process, equal protection, and public policy

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Judges: Cathell

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