Maintenance Cases: Articles

Interim maintenance before filing for divorce and during the case; distinguishing Articles 169, 196 and 197 of the Turkish Civil Code and Law No. 6284. Conditions, fault, start date and collection route.

Are unexplained transfers, cash maintenance payments, and school or transport payments deducted from the debt? Proof, offsetting and routes of challenge under Court of Cassation case law.

How is actual income determined in a maintenance case? The SED report, bank and company records, the claim of concealed income, and an evidence guide with Court of Cassation rulings.

Contribution alimony covers a child's costs, private school fees and each parent's contribution. Court of Cassation rulings on calculation and double payment.

Can dollar or euro maintenance be converted into Turkish lira? The distinction between TBK Articles 99 and 138, the 2025 Court of Cassation decision, exchange rate increases, child support and adjustment conditions.

How many years of past-due alimony can be claimed? The ten-year limitation period, the time limit for a new action, interruption and suspension, a monthly calculation table and Court of Cassation decisions.

Waiving alimony in an uncontested divorce, the child's right, annual increases and school costs. How the protocol can be changed later, with guidance on applying the 2026 decisions.

Unemployment, retirement, remarriage, income increase and foreign-currency maintenance. The distinctions between reduction, termination and automatic expiry, with recent decisions.

Requirements for interim, poverty, child and support maintenance; calculation, time limits, increases and enforcement routes. With a recent Constitutional Court decision and Court of Cassation examples.

Enforcement for unpaid maintenance, the difference between accrued arrears and current debt, complaint deadlines and coercive imprisonment, with Court of Cassation decisions and a document table.

The requirements for increasing maintenance, the effect of inflation and of the child’s education expenses, the court process and important court decisions from 2026.

A university student's right to maintenance, who may bring the claim, the effect of scholarships and work income, the age-25 question, education costs and Court of Cassation rulings.

A mother's or father's residence abroad does not remove the obligation to pay child maintenance.

A parent’s living abroad does not, by itself, prevent an increase in the maintenance paid for a child.

How empathy, professional character and ethics show in a good divorce lawyer. A comprehensive review of custody, maintenance, property division and the child's best interests.