A critical analysis of the statutory framework on maintenance of non-muslim children and young persons in Malaysia / Sridevi Thambapillay

A family unit is the basic unit in a society. The collapse of a family unit will ultimately lead to the collapse of the society. In a family unit comprising of a man, his wife and child, the child is the most vulnerable person, as he has to depend on his parents for his survival. The parents have a...

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Main Author: Sridevi , Thambapillay
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Published: 2017
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description A family unit is the basic unit in a society. The collapse of a family unit will ultimately lead to the collapse of the society. In a family unit comprising of a man, his wife and child, the child is the most vulnerable person, as he has to depend on his parents for his survival. The parents have a responsibility towards the child, one of which is to maintain the child. The parents have a legal as well as a moral duty to maintain their child. Breach of the moral duty will not attract any penalties whereas breach of a legal duty would. In Malaysia, there are two systems of maintenance laws:- one for the Muslims and one for the non-Muslims. This thesis, as the title states, examines the non-Muslim maintenance laws. There are about five maintenance laws, which are in force currently for the non-Muslims.
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spelling um-77802020-09-11T00:18:56Z A critical analysis of the statutory framework on maintenance of non-muslim children and young persons in Malaysia / Sridevi Thambapillay Sridevi , Thambapillay K Law (General) A family unit is the basic unit in a society. The collapse of a family unit will ultimately lead to the collapse of the society. In a family unit comprising of a man, his wife and child, the child is the most vulnerable person, as he has to depend on his parents for his survival. The parents have a responsibility towards the child, one of which is to maintain the child. The parents have a legal as well as a moral duty to maintain their child. Breach of the moral duty will not attract any penalties whereas breach of a legal duty would. In Malaysia, there are two systems of maintenance laws:- one for the Muslims and one for the non-Muslims. This thesis, as the title states, examines the non-Muslim maintenance laws. There are about five maintenance laws, which are in force currently for the non-Muslims. 2017 Thesis NonPeerReviewed application/pdf http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/7780/4/sridevi.pdf Sridevi , Thambapillay (2017) A critical analysis of the statutory framework on maintenance of non-muslim children and young persons in Malaysia / Sridevi Thambapillay. PhD thesis, Universiti of Malaya. http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/7780/
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A critical analysis of the statutory framework on maintenance of non-muslim children and young persons in Malaysia / Sridevi Thambapillay
title A critical analysis of the statutory framework on maintenance of non-muslim children and young persons in Malaysia / Sridevi Thambapillay
title_full A critical analysis of the statutory framework on maintenance of non-muslim children and young persons in Malaysia / Sridevi Thambapillay
title_fullStr A critical analysis of the statutory framework on maintenance of non-muslim children and young persons in Malaysia / Sridevi Thambapillay
title_full_unstemmed A critical analysis of the statutory framework on maintenance of non-muslim children and young persons in Malaysia / Sridevi Thambapillay
title_short A critical analysis of the statutory framework on maintenance of non-muslim children and young persons in Malaysia / Sridevi Thambapillay
title_sort critical analysis of the statutory framework on maintenance of non-muslim children and young persons in malaysia / sridevi thambapillay
topic K Law (General)
url http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/7780/
http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/7780/4/sridevi.pdf