Malaysia legislation
Section 81
Section 81
Duration of orders for maintenance
Except where an order for maintenance is expressed to be for any shorter period or where any such order has been rescinded, and subject to section 82, an order for maintenance shall expire—
(a)
if the maintenance was unsecured, on the death of the husband or of the wife, whichever is the earlier;
(b)
if the maintenance was secured, on the death of the spouse in whose favour it was made.
Right to maintenance to cease on remarriage