أسئلة وأجوبة
Legal status of marriage
Dear Sir/Madam,
I am writing to enquire about my legal marriage status. I had a non-legal nikah marriage in the UK. Myself and my then husband moved to Dubai.
This nikah certificate was attested/ certified for visa/ legal purposes, however, I'm unsure of whether the UK would now recognise this nikah as a legal marriage, as another country has recorded it as such. If so then I would have to also legally divorce. As my divorce currently is an Islamic one.
Please, could you advise me further of if there are any ways of checking this or confirming etc? I had no legal marriage ceremony in Dubai.
The second question I have is that if I get a court order here in the UK for child maintenance. Is this then able to be registered in Dubai (can this be used to seek to enforce) in case he failed to pay? If so how much would this mirror order cost?
Kind regards,
Sarah
Dear,
Marriages are legalized in the UK through Civil marriage register if you are a British Citizen. If not then separate procedure shall apply.
With regards to your query relating to maintenance case, you cannot file the case in different jurisdictions simultaneously.
The maintenance of the child will be a sole discretion of the court and depends upon your husband's salary, living costs etc.
Regards
