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5 available 5 • View allChild support case and travel ban against the father
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Q: What is the timeframe of a child support case + moral damage case?
And will my husband be able to travel out of the UAE once the case is filed? Can he run away?

Mar 6, 2016
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Approximate maintenance for the wife and child after divorce
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Q: (1) How much maintenance percentage is required to be paid by a husband (working) who divorces his wife (not working) and has one daughter to support?
(2) We are British citizens living in the UAE and own a home in the UK. Will the UAE law force me to rent additional accommodation for her when I can provide a home in the UK?
Many thanks

May 11, 2017
31544
Custody and child support
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Q: I'm a US citizen from New York currently residing in Washington USA with my sister.
I moved to Dubai around 3 years ago. I was working there but quit my job few months after I got married in Dubai on December 24, 2015.
My husband is from Pakistan and resides in Dubai. He was living in my apartment after our marriage.
As he physically and mentally abused me, I decided to leave Dubai, sell my stuff and come here to my sister. I had reported him to the police who had given him a warning letter.
My first concern is how can I make sure he does not take away my daughter? Either he may come here or he may try to gain custody through Dubai Courts. Please let me know how I can have full custody of my child.
Also now he believes he's free from any responsibility and said he will not give a single penny. Our daughter is 8 months old and US citizen as well. I need child support for my daughter. How can I get this?
For my husband divorce is a joke. He said it multiple times and threatened me also.

Sep 1, 2017
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Rights of child support from a father without marriage
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Q: I'm not married to my son's father. He paid child support before the baby was born, and stopped one month before his birth.
What can I do to claim child support from the father for my 9-month old son? He told me I won't be able to do anything because we are not married.
He is from Kenya and I'm from South Africa, and he works for a big company in Abu Dhabi.

Nov 20, 2017
3106
My husband abandoned me and his children, what are my legal options?

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Q: Hi,
My husband secretly got married a second time. He sent us to Pakistan and got married again, and his second wife is now living with him in Dubai. I have four children, and he is not sending us any money.
What can I do?
How much will the law help me if I file for Khula or continue to live like this as his wife?
He has not spoken to me in two years and has spread false rumors about my character to make the children think I am bad.
Please guide me on what I should do!


May 8, 2023
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Laws & Regulations
1 available 1 • View allFederal Law No. (28) of 2005 On Personal Status 24
UAE Personal Status Law (also known as Personal Affairs Law) governs marriage, divorce, inheritance and other personal affairs in the United Arab Emirates. The law equally applies to citizens of the UAE and non-citizens unless one of them asks for the application of his home country law.
Nov 19, 2005
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The procedures for filing for divorce on mutual consent 0
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My previous employer failed to pay my gratuity. Can I file a case 6 months after resignation? 0
My previous employer failed to pay my gratuity six months past now since I resigned, Is it possible to file a case against him after a 6 months period?
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Can a real estate agency hold a percentage of a property sale until transfer is done? 0
A real estate agency has signed an MOU stating that a 10% security deposit from the buyer and the seller will be kept in the real estate agency and will be released upon transferring the property.
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According to my colleagues, the real estate agency is not a trustee and they are not allowed to have taken my security check in the first place, is this correct?
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