The issue of child maintenance after divorce continues to weigh heavily on Malaysia’s Muslim community, with persistent reports of fathers failing to fulfil responsibilities clearly mandated by both religion and law. Beyond financial provision, child maintenance encompasses welfare, education and emotional well-being; areas most affected when parents part ways. Yet for many mothers, the struggle to secure their children’s rightful support has become a long and exhausting battle. Public attention was previously drawn to the case of a woman known as Nurin Alisa, whose actions went viral after she confronted her former husband at his wedding solemnisation ceremony in a mosque last year.