Deepa case: Civil courts should decide custody of converted children


  • Nation
  • Wednesday, 10 Feb 2016

PUTRAJAYA: The Federal Court ruled on Wednesday that civil courts have the right to decide on custody of children converted to Islam.

It also ruled that civil courts were the proper forum to decide on the dissolution of marriages where one spouse had converted to Islam. 

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