AKILEH v. ELCHAHAL

No. 94-04100.

666 So.2d 246 (1996)

Asma AKILEH, Appellant, v. Safwan ELCHAHAL, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

January 12, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nancy Hutcheson Harris and Lee S. Damsker of Maney, Damsker, Harris & Jones, P.A., Tampa, for Appellant.

Jay P. Dinan of Purcell & Dinan, P.A., Tampa, for Appellee.


PATTERSON, Judge.

The wife, Asma Akileh, appeals from the final judgment of dissolution of marriage. She challenges the trial court's ruling that the parties' Islamic antenuptial agreement, known as a sadaq, is unenforceable for lack of consideration and because the parties did not have a "meeting of the minds." We reverse and remand for entry of a judgment in the wife's favor.

The wife grew up and was educated in Syria. She came to the United States in February...

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