Law is a two edged sword. While there are cases where women are unjustly treated and l left at the burden of their parents by their husband, and this kind of law is targeted toward those cases. Yet things like this happen.
Awareness matters, I bet she will have a very hard time finding a prospective husband after this.
For our traditional society arranged marriage is good (of course a couple takes time to know each other before they get married) as the marriage has to be approved by both families as well as the couple marrying.