Family law, and only family law — Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur
The calm way through.
Divorce, children, money and protection — explained in plain language, planned properly, and resolved with as little fire as your situation allows. Since 2012.
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What brings you here today?
Start from your situation, not from legal categories. Each door explains the law, the process, the costs — and what to do first.
We’ve decided to separate
Joint or single petition, timelines and what it really costs — the road, mapped before you take a step.
Start here →We can’t agree about the children
Custody, care and control, access — decided on the children’s welfare, ideally by agreement.
Start here →I need financial support
Child and spousal maintenance: fair orders, interim relief while the case runs, and enforcement when it isn’t paid.
Start here →I don’t feel safe at home
Protection orders under the DVA 1994 move in days, not months. Safety first — always. This page has a quick exit.
Get protected →We’re getting married
Prenups with an honest answer about their weight in Malaysia — and when they’re genuinely worth doing.
Start here →We’re Muslim — which court?
Cerai, fasakh, hadhanah, harta sepencarian — run by a dual-qualified Peguam Syarie partner.
Start here →How working with us goes
No mystery, no meter running in the dark. Three stages, each with a number and a timeframe attached.
Talk
A free 15-minute callback to hear you out and point you right. Then, if it helps, a proper 45-minute consultation with the lawyer who would handle your matter.
Callback free · consultation RM280, credited
Plan
You leave the first consultation with a route — joint or single petition, civil or syariah — a personalised roadmap with real timelines, and a written fixed fee or staged plan.
Route + roadmap + fee in writing
Resolve
Mediation and negotiation first, wherever safe — court is the last resort, not the first move. When court is needed, we go prepared and you go briefed.
Most agreed matters: 4–7 monthsHow we can help
One firm, one specialty. Everything a family matter can need — civil and syariah — under one roof in Bangsar.
Divorce & separation
Joint and single petitions under the LRA 1976, annulment, judicial separation — and an honest view on which route fits.
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Children & custody
Custody, care and control, access, guardianship and relocation — with the children’s welfare, not the fight, at the centre.
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Maintenance & support
Spousal and child maintenance — getting a fair order, varying it when life changes, and enforcing it when it isn’t paid.
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Matrimonial assets
Division of property, EPF, businesses and debts under section 76 — with a homemaker’s contribution given its real weight.
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Protection from domestic violence
Urgent, procedural, safety-first help with IPOs, POs and EPOs under the Domestic Violence Act 1994.
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Prenuptial & postnuptial agreements
Honest drafting for prenups and postnups — including a straight answer about what weight they carry in Malaysia.
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Syariah family matters
Cerai, fasakh, khul’, hadhanah, nafkah, mutaah and harta sepencarian — run by a dual-qualified Peguam Syarie partner.
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Adoption & guardianship
Adoption Act petitions, registration-route adoptions, and guardianship orders for relatives raising children.
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Family mediation
Private family mediation with an accredited mediator — faster, cheaper and kinder than litigation, and binding once recorded.
Learn more →Two systems. One firm.
Malaysia runs civil and syariah family law side by side — and your marriage sits squarely in one of them. We practise both, in the same office, every day.
Non-Muslim marriages
- Joint petition by consent — one court attendance, 4–7 months
- Single petition after the JPN tribunal stage
- Custody under the welfare principle, s.76 asset division
Muslim marriages
- Cerai talaq, taklik, fasakh and khul’ — matched to your facts
- Sulh mediation treated as a real chance to settle well
- Hadhanah, nafkah, mutaah and harta sepencarian
Five questions. Your court, your steps, your timeline — as a roadmap you can keep.
Fees you can read before you call
Family law has enough uncertainty without the bill joining in. Our packages are published — the number you see is the number we quote.
| Matter | Professional fee | Typical duration |
|---|---|---|
| Joint petition — no minor children, no property terms | from RM3,800 | 3–6 months |
| Joint petition — with agreed children and/or property terms | from RM4,800 | 3–6 months |
| Single petition (contested divorce) | from RM15,000 | 12–24 months |
| Syariah — cerai (divorce) application | from RM5,000 | 6–12 months |
Plus disbursements and 8% SST — itemised in every quote. Contested matters are billed in stages, never all up front.
Quiet credentials
The Publicity Rules rightly stop Malaysian lawyers parading testimonials — so here is what we can say, plainly.
Accredited mediation
Our managing partner is an Accredited Mediator with the Malaysian Mediation Centre — and mediation-first is firm policy, not a brochure line.
Civil and syariah, genuinely
A name partner admitted as Peguam Syarie in the Federal Territories and Selangor, working beside our civil litigators daily. Boundary cases get one strategy, not two guesses.
Plain-language teaching
Our lawyers give invited commentary on family law for radio and print, and publish the guides on this site — because clients decide better when the law is explained properly.
A walk-up in Bangsar, not a marble lobby
27 Jalan Telawi 3 — above the cafés, five minutes from Bangsar LRT. People tell us hard things here; the room shouldn’t make it harder.
Paths people have taken
Not testimonials — the Publicity Rules forbid those, and we keep confidences anyway. These are illustrative composites of matter patterns we handle every month.
Joint petition · 4 months
Two decisions, one table
A couple in their thirties, no children, a jointly financed condo. Two mediated sessions settled the property terms; the joint petition was heard eleven weeks after filing. Total cost: under a tenth of what a contested route would have burned.
Custody · welfare evidence
A father, care and control
School continuity, a stable extended household and a workable access schedule for the mother — welfare evidence, prepared properly, rebutted the under-seven presumption. The order has held for years because it was built around the child, not the fight.
DVA 1994 · days, not months
From report to protection
Police report Monday, welfare office Tuesday, interim protection order before the week ended — then interim maintenance so safety didn’t cost the household its income. The long-term order followed; the enforcement file has never been needed.
Details are composites and identifying facts are changed. No client information appears on this website.
Guides written like we talk
The questions every client asks, answered properly — before you spend a ringgit.
Joint petition divorce in Malaysia: the step-by-step guide
If you both agree to divorce, the joint petition under section 52 is the fastest, cheapest and calmest road through — here is exactly how it runs, stage by stage.
Child custody in Malaysia: what courts actually consider
Forget the folklore. The welfare of the child is the first and paramount consideration — here is what that means in a real courtroom.
How matrimonial assets are divided under section 76
The house, the EPF, the business, the debts — what counts as a matrimonial asset, and how the court decides who gets what since the 2017 amendment.
Questions people ask us
How much does a divorce cost in Malaysia?
For an agreed (joint petition) divorce, our packages start from RM3,800 — RM4,800 with children or property terms — plus disbursements and 8% SST, published in full on our fees page. Contested divorces start from RM15,000 and are billed in stages. You will always know the number before we start.
How long will it take?
Agreed divorces: usually four to seven months from first meeting to decree absolute. Contested: twelve to twenty-four months including the JPN tribunal stage. Syariah matters typically run six to eighteen months depending on the route. Our route planner gives you a personalised timeline in two minutes.
Do we have to go to court?
For a joint petition, one brief attendance — the court confirms the consent is real and the children are provided for. Many disputes short of divorce never see a courtroom at all: mediation, negotiation and consent orders do the work.
Can one firm act for both of us?
For a genuinely agreed joint petition, yes. If a real conflict appears between you — about the children or money — we will say so early, and one of you will need independent advice. That honesty protects the agreement you eventually sign.
What happens in the free 15-minute callback?
You tell us the situation in your own words; we tell you which route your matter takes, roughly how long, roughly what it costs, and whether you need a lawyer at all yet. No obligation, and we won’t rush you.
Is what I tell you confidential?
Completely — from the first callback, whether or not you engage us. Solicitor-client confidentiality is not a feature we offer; it is a duty we owe.
Start with one calm conversation.
A free 15-minute callback, no obligation. Then, if it helps, a proper first consultation — RM280, credited against your fees if you engage us within 30 days.
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