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Are the university tuition fees for the wife obligatory upon the husband or her family, and what happens to those expenses if they were paid by the husband and divorce occurred after the completion of her studies?

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It is obligatory for the husband to provide for his wife with what is customary of food, housing, and clothing. However, university tuition fees are not obligatory for him, unless the wife stipulated it in the marriage contract, in which case he is bound to fulfill it, and it becomes a right for her. If the husband voluntarily pays these expenses without it being stipulated in the contract, then it is considered a gift from which he cannot retract.

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