Rights of future interest as matrimonial property: special reference to earning capacity

Traditionally, the claims of matrimonial property are mainly confined to existing and personal property which exist or were acquired during the marriage prior to the divorce, such as buildings, land, vehicles, etc. However, with the changes in the economic sources and social behaviour of the mo...

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Main Authors: Ibrahim, Norliah, Abdul Ghadas, Zuhairah Ariff
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: International Islamic University Malaysia 2014
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spelling iium-438022018-05-24T02:48:25Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/43802/ Rights of future interest as matrimonial property: special reference to earning capacity Ibrahim, Norliah Abdul Ghadas, Zuhairah Ariff K Law (General) Traditionally, the claims of matrimonial property are mainly confined to existing and personal property which exist or were acquired during the marriage prior to the divorce, such as buildings, land, vehicles, etc. However, with the changes in the economic sources and social behaviour of the modern society, whereby earnings and proprietary rights are no longer confined to merely property but also include future interest and future earnings such as investments, trust fund and business ventures, it is perceived that the scope of claims on matrimonial property shall also be revolutionised to include claims in future earnings of the divorced parties. This paper discusses the legal principle which the court could apply when it comes to claims on future interest as matrimonial property. The case law analysis is merely confined to the Malaysian precedents and the analogy of human capital earnings is used by the writers to justify the possibility of claims in all types of future earnings as matrimonial property International Islamic University Malaysia 2014-12 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/43802/1/Article_Dr_Norliah.pdf Ibrahim, Norliah and Abdul Ghadas, Zuhairah Ariff (2014) Rights of future interest as matrimonial property: special reference to earning capacity. IIUM Law Journal, 22 (2). pp. 249-264. ISSN 0128-2530 http://journals.iium.edu.my/iiumlj/index.php/iiumlj/article/view/136/125
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Rights of future interest as matrimonial property: special reference to earning capacity
description Traditionally, the claims of matrimonial property are mainly confined to existing and personal property which exist or were acquired during the marriage prior to the divorce, such as buildings, land, vehicles, etc. However, with the changes in the economic sources and social behaviour of the modern society, whereby earnings and proprietary rights are no longer confined to merely property but also include future interest and future earnings such as investments, trust fund and business ventures, it is perceived that the scope of claims on matrimonial property shall also be revolutionised to include claims in future earnings of the divorced parties. This paper discusses the legal principle which the court could apply when it comes to claims on future interest as matrimonial property. The case law analysis is merely confined to the Malaysian precedents and the analogy of human capital earnings is used by the writers to justify the possibility of claims in all types of future earnings as matrimonial property
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author Ibrahim, Norliah
Abdul Ghadas, Zuhairah Ariff
author_facet Ibrahim, Norliah
Abdul Ghadas, Zuhairah Ariff
author_sort Ibrahim, Norliah
title Rights of future interest as matrimonial property: special reference to earning capacity
title_short Rights of future interest as matrimonial property: special reference to earning capacity
title_full Rights of future interest as matrimonial property: special reference to earning capacity
title_fullStr Rights of future interest as matrimonial property: special reference to earning capacity
title_full_unstemmed Rights of future interest as matrimonial property: special reference to earning capacity
title_sort rights of future interest as matrimonial property: special reference to earning capacity
publisher International Islamic University Malaysia
publishDate 2014
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/43802/
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