Saudi Arabia, 2008.

A girl is attempting to file for divorce, but has been denied the right by Saudi courts.

The husband is 58 years old.  The girl is 8.  The motion was filed on her behalf by her divorced mother, after the girl’s father agreed to marry her off for a dowry of $10,000.

“The judge has dismissed the plea because she [the mother] does not have the right to file, and ordered that the plea should be filed by the girl herself when she reaches puberty,” lawyer Abdullah Jtili told the AFP news agency.

That’s irony.  Back-assward Saudi style.