Thanks for the perspective from Lebanon. I am surprised that a mother can be considered unfit if she is a Christian? There are a lot of Christians in Lebanon, right? My family from Lebanon (by marriage) is Christian. But I guess with all Middle Eastern countries, Islam is still dominate and Christians are still persecuted. Thanks for sharing!
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Originally Posted by jessedan
I think another problem for dancers with children in the case of an eventual divorce is that if the father can prove that she is lacking in "good moral character" he can obtain custody of the child. Probably not difficult to do considering how dancers are looked upon in the middle east.
This is from a website that deal with child custody laws in Lebanon:
Among Sunni Muslims, the father has physical custody of a daughter over the age of nine and of a boy over the age of seven. For Shia Muslims the father generally has physical custody at for boys at age 2 and for girls at age 7.
If a father establishes that the mother is unfit or lacking good moral character, she will lose any right to the child. Muslim law requires a child to be raised in the Muslim faith, and if it were proven that a mother tried to raise the child as a Christian, she could be found unfit.
http://www.international-divorce.com/ca-lebanon.htm
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Priscilla |