Bacoconsultants
FOR DAUGHTER
According to the existing laws of Pakistan, a daughter is required to be maintained till she gets married. It is because the responsibility of maintenance shifts from father to husband and therefore claims of maintenance by the husband to daughter after marriage do not arise. Having said that if a daughter is a divorce and she has no means of income, the father’s obligation to maintain his daughter cannot be ignored. In such eventuality, the daughter can still claim maintenance from her father until she remarries again.
FOR SON
Son, till he attains the age of 18 years, is required to be maintained by father. the idea behind this law is that upon attaining the age of majority, a person becomes self-sufficient but in a case where son wants to pursue his studies and is still defendant on father, in such eventuality father cannot refuse to may maintenance to son. Therefore, there is no settled principle or formula by which the father can feel to wriggle out of obligation to maintain his children on the sole ground that son has attained the age of majority. Therefore, each case has to be decided on its own merits, facts, and circumstances.