By State

Arkansas             Nebraska
California            Nevada
Connecticut        New Hampshire
Delaware             New Jersey
Florida                 New York
Indiana                North Carolina
Iowa                     Ohio
Kentucky             Pennsylvania
Louisiana             Tennessee
Maryland             Texas
Massachusetts   Virginia
Michigan             Washington
Minnesota

ARKANSAS
El-Farra v. Sayyed, 365 Ark. 209, 226 S.W.3d 792

CALIFORNIA
Dajani, In Re Marriage of, 204 Cal.App.3d 1387
Karson v. Soleimani, Nos. B216360, B219698
Sawaya, In Re Marriage of, 182 Cal.App.3d 1018 (1986)
Shaban, In Re Marriage of, 88 Cal.App.4th 398
Vryonis, In Re Marriage of, 202 Cal.App.3d 712, 248 Cal.Rptr. 807

CONNECTICUT
Hage-Sleiman v. Hage-Sleiman, No. FA104033567S
Maklad v. Maklad, FA000443796S

DELAWARE
Saudi Basic Industries Corp. v. Mobil, 866 A.2d 1 (Del.Supr.2005)
SI v. DPI, File No. CN04-09156, Petition No. 04-25318

FLORIDA
Akileh v. Elchahal, 666 So. 2d 246
Betemariam v. Said, 48 So. 3d 121

INDIANA
Shady v. Shady, 858 N.E.2d 128

IOWA
Amro v. Iowa District Court for Story County, 429 N.W.2d 135
Makhlouf v. Al-Zoubi, 695 N.W.2d 503

KENTUCKY
Aqel v. Aqel, No. 2004-CA-001531-MR

LOUISIANA
Amin v. Bakhaty, 798 So. 2d 75
Ghassemi v. Ghassemi, 998 So. 2d 731

MARYLAND
Aleem v. Aleem, 175 Md. App. 663,  931 A.2d 1123
Hosain v. Malik, 671 A.2d 988
Malik v. Malik, 638 A.2d 1184
Moustafa v. Moustafa, 166 Md. App. 391, 888 A.2d 1230

MASSACHUSETTS
Charara v. Yatim, 78 Mass. App. Ct. 325 (2010)
El Chaar v. Chehab, 78 Mass. App. Ct. 501 (2010), 941 N.E.2d 75
Tazziz v. Tazziz, 26 Mass. App. Ct. 809 (1988), 533 N.E.2d 202

MICHIGAN
Ellehaf v. Tarraf, No. 257222
Hammoud v. Hammoud, Docket Nos. 295098, 296480
Lemm v. Salamey, No. 256675
Samman v. Samman, No. 249877
Tarikonda v. Pinjari, No. 287403

MINNESOTA
Abd Alla v. Mourssi, 680 N.W.2d 569 (2004)

NEBRASKA
Kamal v. Imroz, 759 N.W.2d 914 (2009)

NEVADA
Menalco, FZE v. Buchan, No. 2:07-CV-01178-PMP-PAL (Feb 1. 2010)
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Ramadan, In the Matter of, 153 N.H. 226 (2006)

NEW JERSEY
Abouzahr v. Abouzahr, 361 N.J. Super. 135 (App. Div. 2003)
Ali v. Ali, 279 N.J. Super. 154
Chaudry v. Chaudry, 159 N.J. Super. 566, 388 A.2d 1000 (N.J. Super. Ct. 1978)
Ivaldi v. Ivaldi, 147 N.J. 190 (1996)
Ivaldi v. Ivaldi, 288 N.J. Super. 575 (App. Div. 1996)
Odatalla v. Odatalla, 355 N.J.Super. 305, 810 A.2d 93 (2002)
Rahman v. Hossain, Docket No. A-5191-08T3
Yaghoubinejad v. Haghighi, 384 N.J. Super. 339 (A.D. 2006)

NEW YORK
Ahmad v. Naviwala, 306 A.D.2d 588, 762 N.Y.S.2d 125 (2003)
Aziz v. Aziz, 127 Misc.2d 1013, 488 N.Y.S.2d 123 (1985)
Farag v. Farag, 4 A.D.3d 502; 772 N.Y.S.2d 368
Habibi-Fahnrich v. Fahnrich, No. 46186/93
Farraj, In Re, 23 Misc.3d 1109(A), 886 N.Y.S.2d 67 (N.Y.Sur.,2009), aff’d
Farraj, In Re, 72 A.D.3d 1082, 900 N.Y.S.2d 340 N.Y.A.D. 2 Dept., 2010

NORTH CAROLINA
Mussa v. Palmer-Mussa, No. COA11-209

OHIO
Ahmad v. Ahmad,  No. L-00-1391
El-Badewi v. El-Badewi, No. 2006CA00122
Hashime-Bazlamit v. Bazlamit, No. 6-09-01
Husein v. Husein, Case No. 2001CA00015
Mir v. Birjandi, C.A. Case Nos. 2006 CA 63, 2006 CA 71, 2006 CA 72
Najmi v. Najmi, No. 07CA009293
Rahawangi v. Al-Samman, Nos. 86380 & 87107
Zawahiri v. Alwattar, No. 07AP-925

PENNSYLVANIA
Alkhafaji v. TIAA-CREF, LLC, No. 5 of 2008, O.C.

TENNESSEE
Aghili v. Saadatnejadi, 958 S.W.2d784 (Tenn.App.,1997)

TEXAS
Ahmed v. Ahmed, 261 S.W.3d 190 (2008)
Jabri v. Qaddura, 108 S.W.3d 404 (2003)
Notash, In the Matter of the Marriage of, 118 S.W.3d 868 (2003)

VIRGINIA
Abdallah v. Sarsour, No. CH-2005-2339
Afghani v. Ghafoorian, Record No. 1481-09-4
Chaudhary v. Ali, Record No. 0956-94-4
Farah v. Farah, 429 S.E.2d 626 (1993)

WASHINGTON
Altayar, In the Matter of the Marriage of, 139 Wn. App. 1066
Donboli, In the Matter of the Marriage of, No. 53861-6-I
R, In the Matter of the Custody of, 947 P.2d 745 (1997)
Obaidi, In the Matter of the Marriage of, 154 Wash.App. 609 (2010)

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