Parsi Marriage Dissolution of Parsi Marriage Alimony Custody of Children Parsi Matrimonial Courts

A Parsi family in Mumbai celebrates a wedding at the agiary with a priest, two witnesses and a blessing that is centuries old. Next door, a Hindu couple marries under the Hindu Marriage Act and a Christian couple under a statute from 1872. Why does each community have its own marriage law, and what happens when a Parsi marriage breaks down: which court hears the case, who pays whom, and who keeps the children?

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The Parsi Marriage and Divorce Act 1936 is the special statute that governs how Parsis marry, how a Parsi marriage can be ended or declared void, and what a court may order about alimony and children; matrimonial suits go to courts set up by that Act, not to the Hindu or Christian machinery.

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