family-matter-intakelisted

# Family Matter Intake & Strategy — Bangladesh Config gate: practice profile. Output = attorney-review matter plan. ## Forum & law selection | Community/situation | Governing law | Forum | |---|---|---| | Muslim parties | MFLO 1961 + DMMA 1939 + classical law | Family Court (পারিবারিক আদালত আইন ২০২৩); Arbitration Council (talaq/polygamy) | | Hindu parties | Hindu personal law + 2012 registration act (optional registration) | Family Court for maintenance/custody `[verify scope]` | | Christian parties | Christian Marriage Act 1872 + Divorce Act 1869 | District Judge/High Court routes (1869 Act) | | Interfaith/civil | Special Marriage Act 1872 | civil courts | | Dowry / DV / child-marriage angles | যৌতুক নিরোধ ২০১৮; DV Act 2010; বাল্যবিবাহ ২০১৭ | criminal / special tribunals — parallel-track carefully | ## Procedure 1. **Timeline math (double-compute):** talaq — written notice to chairman + copy to wife; effective 90 days after notice (MFLO s.7), iddat interplay; polygamy — prior Arbitration Council permission (MFLO s.6, criminal exposure if skipped). 2. **Money map:** dower (immediate/deferred, per kabinnama), maintenance (wife during marriage+iddat; children; parents under 2013 Act `[verify]`), dowry-demand exposure. 3. **Custody:** GWA 1890 welfare standard; hizanat presumptions (mother: son to 7, daughter to puberty — rebuttable, welfare controls per case law [VERIFY — no free case-law API]). 4. **Relief map + evidence list:** kabinnama, registration certific