The Spouse's Rights After Divorce

The family is one of the most important social institutions which play an important role in the perfection and improvement of individuals and society.Although attempts have been made in Islam to preserve and survive the family,divorce is allowed when the continuation of the family life causes damages,and harms to the married couples and even to children.As Islam has passed certain laws and obligatins for the family members since the very beginning, it has imposed certain duties on the family members to follow throughout their life time.Thus,the spouses have two kinds of obligations toward each other after divorce, including the financial rights and non-financial affairs. The financial rights after the divorce embraces inheritance maintenance,which in case of wife returning to matrimonial life should be paid and if the divorce arises on the dissolution promise and if the husband dies while the wife is pregnant,she is entitled to maintenance and should benefit from inheritance when returning after the divorce state.The non-financial rights that includes the right of fostering and returning is the fact that the exertion of these righs in some cases for some reasons are invalid and the spouses may not gain them.