According to the sunni school of law a child is legitimate if it is born after six months of marriage. This very principle is discussed in this judgment. Citation Name : 2007 CLC 1145 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE Side Appellant : ZAHEER AHMAD Side Opponent : Mst. NASIMAN BIBI alias NASIM BIBI ---Legitimacy---Principles---Sunni school of thought---child born after six months of marriage or within two years of dissolution of marriage would be presumed to be a legitimate child of his father---To dislodge such presumption one has to prove that the child was born within six months of marriage or more than two years after divorce.
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