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How can a single Moslem woman who gets pregnant by a Moslem man get financial support from him for her child ?

By: דיאנה שאלתיאלPublished on: 07 June, 2022
By filing him for paternity and child maintenance at the family court.
A single Moslem mother cannot file for these at the Sharaii or Moslem Religious Court. Although the court has jurisdiction over personal matters where all sides are Moslems , Islamic religious law does not recognize paternity outside of marriage. If the two parties are not married then there is no basis in a Moslem Religious Court for a claim for paternity, which must be proved before maintenance can be claimed.

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