{"id":16752,"date":"2024-02-25T23:11:29","date_gmt":"2024-02-25T23:11:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=16752"},"modified":"2024-02-25T23:11:30","modified_gmt":"2024-02-25T23:11:30","slug":"high-court-ruling-grants-equal-maintenance-rights-after-divorce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/high-court-ruling-grants-equal-maintenance-rights-after-divorce\/","title":{"rendered":"High Court Ruling Grants Equal Maintenance Rights After Divorce"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><strong><em>By Samuel Gillis<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a groundbreaking decision, the High Court of Guyana has paved the way for ex-husbands to claim maintenance following divorce proceedings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For decades, only women were eligible to seek maintenance or spousal support post-divorce in Guyana. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, this status quo has been overturned by a landmark ruling by Acting Chief Justice Roxane George.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Attorney Tamara Evelyn-Khan, who spearheaded the legal application behind this transformative decision, shed light on the rigorous process involved in challenging existing norms. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She emphasized the importance of extensive research spanning constitutional frameworks and legal precedents from various jurisdictions to advocate for gender-neutral maintenance laws.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Evelyn-Khan, boasting over a decade of legal expertise, highlighted the significance of the ruling in ensuring equal protection for all citizens in the dissolution of marriage. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She underscored that the concept of equality before the law, enshrined in the constitution, should extend to maintenance rights, enabling individuals of any gender to seek alimony post-divorce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The attorney noted that while legal frameworks evolve in response to societal needs, pivotal moments like this ruling offer opportunities to scrutinize and address outdated statutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This ruling marks a significant step towards gender equality in the legal domain, affirming the principle that maintenance rights should be accessible to all individuals regardless of gender.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Samuel Gillis In a groundbreaking decision, the High Court of Guyana has paved the way for ex-husbands to claim maintenance following divorce proceedings. For decades, only women were eligible&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":16753,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16752","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16752","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16752"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16752\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16754,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16752\/revisions\/16754"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}