Family · Maintenance

Maintenance (Nan-o-Nafqa) calculator

Monthly wife and child maintenance plus arrears, with the annual indexation Family Courts routinely allow.

Calculation inputs

Leave at 0 for a children-only claim. Tied to the husband’s means and the standard of living.

Months of unpaid maintenance to recover — usually from the date of the suit or desertion.

The yearly step-up the court fixes in the decree. 10% is the common default.