It is a brief over view study on the Personal Law of Sri Lanka in respect of marriages, divorces and maintenance and certain Statutes dealing with these Personal laws and the impact they have on women. It is observed that the flexibility or rigidity that is found in the different personal laws under different situations do affect and influence the legal status of women in Sri Lanka, finally placing the women in an advantages position under certain instances and in a disadvantages position in many other instances the personal laws prevailing in Sri Lanka have afforded the women only a limited protections in view of the various constraints placed on women and the inherent limitations of the law.