Maintenance & Mehr Recovery Lawyers in Karachi

## Protecting the Financial Rights of Women and Children

Financial entitlements following a marriage breakdown — maintenance, mehr and dowry — are legal rights, not favours. Our family law team pursues these rights assertively and secures interim relief quickly so that you and your children are not left without financial support while proceedings continue.

### Wife Maintenance (Nafqa)

A husband is legally obliged to financially support his wife. If maintenance is being withheld, we file a maintenance application in the Family Court and obtain an interim maintenance order — typically within 2–4 weeks — even while the main case continues. Non-payment of a court-ordered maintenance is contempt of court, carrying fines and imprisonment.

### Child Maintenance

A father is legally required to maintain his children until the age of majority. We establish the correct amount based on the father's income and the children's needs, and we pursue enforcement proceedings where payments are missed.

### Mehr and Dower Recovery

Mehr is a contractual right arising from the nikah. Whether prompt or deferred, we file dower recovery suits in Family Court. If the amount was not specified in the nikah nama, the court can assess a customary amount.

### Dowry and Bridal Gifts Recovery

Under the Dowry and Bridal Gifts (Restriction) Act 1976, we pursue recovery of dowry items and bridal gifts. Photographs, lists and witnesses strengthen these cases significantly.