A young groom's family are demanding that his bride gives them back their $500,000 'dowry' after she reportedly left him for always siding with his mother. Shakiba Banifatemi, an exchange student from Iran, and Reza Abdollahpour, a Canadian from an Iranian family, met in calculus class at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada, and married a year later, on April Fool's Day in 2012. Banifatemi moved in with her new husband's parents - but 18 months later, she could no longer bear to live with her mother-in-law, her lawyer told the Toronto Star. She left him in December 2013 and he filed for divorce in January 2014.
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Shakiba Banifatemi, 23, and Reza Abdollahpour, 26, married on April Fool's Day 2012 and Banifatemi moved in with her husband's family
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But after 18 months, she no longer wanted to live with her mother-in-law because her husband always sided with her, according to her lawyer
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She left and her husband filed for divorce
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Before the wedding, his family had given her half ownership of a $1 million home; such dowries are in keeping with Iranian tradition
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They have demanded she give back her share of the property but a judge has ruled she doesn't have to
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