PETALING JAYA: Custody of children from marriages where only one spouse has converted to Islam should be determined by the court that originally had jurisdiction when the child was born, the Malaysian Muslim Lawyers Association said.
Association president Zaitoon Othman said this was one way to resolve the problem of conflicting jurisdictions between the Syariah and civil courts when such a marriage ended in divorce and custody becomes an issue.
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