Court grants mother custody of children
The court said each child should receive BD100 per month.
An additional BD30 is to be paid twice a year for Eid garments, alongside BD120 for school costs, also paid twice a year.
The mother is to receive all amounts directly. The father, still legally married to the mother, must pay BD80 a month in spousal support and BD120 for housing.
The mother, represented by lawyer Zainab Madan, brought the case after the children, born in 2009 and 2014, expressed their wish to stay with her. Marital home They live in the marital home, rented by the husband's father, as the husband is subject to a court-ordered guardianship.
When the father stopped paying the rent, the mother sought support from the Minors' Affairs Administration, which manages her husband's property. Documents presented to the court included the children's passports, the marriage certificate, a copy of the lease under the father's name and the ruling placing the husband under guardianship.
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