How is Property Divided in Family Law in Pakistan?

The Muslim family court act 1964 and family law ordinance deals with the property division in family court in Pakistan. The property division revolves /involves payment of dower amount to wife, maintenance for the wife, and the property acquired as joint assets by both parties.

Here are some rules governed by family law to divided the property in Pakistan: –

Generally, parties acquired by the spouses during marriages are known as joint property, the property usually divided at the time of divorce or death of any party, and it is equally divided among all legal heirs as per their respective shares and interpret by Islamic inheritance laws for examples the wife will get ¼ share after the death of her husband from his assets left behind him if she is childless, other wise 1/8  is legal share given to wife.

The husband cannot claim property of wife during his life time and even after divorce between the parties or spouses the parties are not entitled for any claim or share in property of each other.

It is important to mention here that the proper registration of the documents of property is necessary to avoid any dispute regarding spouse property.

The family lawyer can be engaged for distribution of property share between the parties for accurate guidance tailored to specific situation and these guidelines apply primarily to Muslims in Pakistan and the non-Muslim follows the different laws as per their own religions.