Abstract

This study aims to shed light on criminal responsibility of the abandonment and abstention of alimony payment
and alike. All divine laws and international conventions had paid their attention to regulate the affairs of the family, by dealing
with marriage, divorce, maintenance, alimony and many more. Alimony can be paid inform of checks, cash, or money orders.
However, this alimony is not treated as your child support, as it utterly belong to the individual right of the spouse.
Therefore, the role of criminal law for threatening and stands lookout for every assault on the family system. It also represents the
abandonment of the marital and family obligations on payment of alimony and alike.