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Example letters

Three example letters you can adapt: a maintenance demand to a husband, a request to the Family Support Division, and an application for zakat assistance. Fill in the spaces in [BRACKETS] with your own details.

EXAMPLE, NOT LEGAL ADVICE

These letters show a format only. They do not state your legal rights in any particular case, and agencies may have their own forms. Check the current requirements with the agency concerned, and seek advice from a Syarie lawyer or the Legal Aid Department if needed.

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Maintenance demand letter to a husband EXAMPLE

For a wife who receives no maintenance, or only part of it, for herself and the children. The letter asks for payment amicably and keeps a record that the request was made, before the matter is taken to the Syariah Court.

Read first: Enforcing maintenance · Maintenance rates

Letter to the Family Support Division (BSK) EXAMPLE

For a recipient of a Syariah Court maintenance order that has not been complied with. The letter asks for help with enforcement and, if eligible, an advance maintenance payment, with a list of the documents usually required.

Read first: Enforcing maintenance · Abandoned by a husband

Letter to a zakat institution EXAMPLE

A covering letter for an application for zakat assistance as an asnaf, for a wife without maintenance, a single mother, a widow or a family in hardship.

Read first: Zakat & JKM assistance · Single mothers' guide

Before sending: keep a copy, send it in a way that can be proved (for example registered post, or delivery by hand with a receipt stamp), and note the date it was sent. If you are in danger, call 999 or Talian Kasih 15999 first.

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