Divorce

The way we write this article is meant for public to read and understand. We would not cite any legal provision or case law so the public…

In Malaysia, there are two types of divorce. There is mutual divorce, in other term we calls it as Joint Petition, and unilateral divorce…

Judicial Separation
If you do not want to get divorce, but want to live separately with your husband and do no want to fulfill the marital obligation then you may opt for the choice for Judicial Separation.
Requirement to file judicial separation
As long as your marriage is recognized under the law of Malaysia. You can file the judicial separation at any time even your marriage haven’t reach 2 years.

Malaysia marriage is governed by the Law Reform (Marriage and Divorce) Act 1976. The Law Reform Act (LRA) governs non-Muslim marriage…

That’s what the average client I’ve encountered often wants to get what she thinks she wants, but is afraid

This is a real event that happened recently, and it is also an event that makes me feel very sorry and sad. I once had a customer, let’s call her Miss A. About two years ago, I remember Miss A came to our law firm to consult us about divorce matters. Miss A and her husband have been married for almost ten years and own a property. This property was only registered under his ex-husband’s name, but not her own name. In fact, the reason why Miss A and her ex-husband would choose to divorce was because her ex-husband had an affair with another women and that relationship ended-up with divorce eventually. Miss A agreed to go through the divorce proceedings using Joint petition with her ex-husband. However, Miss A’s had one condition which is that her ex-husband must transfer that marital property to Miss A. On the other hand, the ex-husband’s condition is that he was willing to divorce Miss A, but he will not write down that property transfer condition in the joint petition court order in their divorce application. But Miss A’s ex-husband promised Miss

After working as a lawyer for so long, I handled many divorce cases. Then, when we usually deal with divorce cases, if the customer has children. They will..

Welcome to our “Guardian of the Law”, this is Lawyer Khoo. Okay, I will share with you some topic about divorce today. Do you have any friends around you or are you registered for marriage abroad? (In the condition that your marriage record is available in Malaysia) Furthermore, you or your friend had also divorced abroad, and the question is if you have divorced abroad, do you need to have another divorce in Malaysia?