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8-Year-Old Too Young to Divorce
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A Saudi court has decided that an 8-year-old girl is too young to file for divorce. She is not, however, too young to be married. How is that for mixed up?The child was married off to an (obviously) older man by her father for an $8,000 dowry. She still lives at home and goes to school and does not yet realize that her fate has been decided for her. Her mother, who is now divorced from her father, filed the suit in her name immediately after the marriage contract was signed.
The court decided she was should wait until she reaches puberty to be allowed to file for divorce, but her mother's lawyer intends to keep fighting the legal system to try and end the marriage sooner.
Activists are, clearly, calling an end to this practice of using young girls' future as currency or as insurance against bad behavior. Though traditions are hard to fight, another young girl successfully divorced her husband earlier this year, so maybe ... just maybe ... the tides are turning. Her mother and her lawyer have a long fight ahead of them, though, that's for sure.
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ReaderComments (Page 2 of 2)
2-17-2009 @ 2:20PM
YardApe said...It's probably George Bush's fault.
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3-31-2009 @ 9:45AM
ejes said...LOL
you are all idiots!
1) The pratise of arranged marrages has been around for centeries, and isn't about to go... and it's really not up to you north americans (yes everyone can tell) to be outraged by what you think is wrong - some countries are outraged by what you north americans are doing to your young people.
2) she WILL get to be divoreced, when shes old enough. and even though YOU might think that this is ass-backwards, the rest of the world thinks YOU are ass backwards - just agree to disagree and be thankful that we don't make you obey our rules, and try to keep for making others obey your rules... THEN and only then everyone can be happy.
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5-26-2011 @ 2:14PM
Ed the California Divorce Attorney said...It's very sad to know that something like this is being done in some parts of the world. The lives and futures of young girls, or young children, for that matter, should never be given up in exchange for money.
I hope the young girl and her mother can win the legal battle so that the young girl can get her childhood back.
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