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We conducted a scoping review (Arksey and O\u2019Malley; Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses extension for Scoping Reviews [PRISMA-ScR]) of studies from South Asia and South-Asian diaspora populations published since 2000, searching eight databases and Google Scholar (last search November 2025). Thirty-two studies met inclusion criteria, spanning cross-sectional surveys, longitudinal cohorts, qualitative work, medico-legal series, intervention evaluations, and policy analyses. Evidence linked patrilocal residence and in-law co-residence to poorer maternal mental health through household status practices (for example, eating last), reduced decision-making power and mobility, relationship conflict, caregiver identity, and frequent in-law and partner violence and economic abuse. Associations with mother-in-law involvement varied by timing and conflict: some studies reported lower depressive symptoms early postpartum but higher symptoms later in conflictual households. Across studies, patrilocality was often invoked but operationalized heterogeneously (family-type categories, co-residence rosters, status markers, relationship-quality scales, or violence and economic-abuse measures), limiting comparability and obscuring patrilocality as a primary perinatal exposure. 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