Q: I am working in Abu Dhabi and my wife is in India, Chennai. I am having affairs with another lady for the past 2 years that my wife came to know about. After that, every time she blackmails me saying she will commit suicide with the children and write a letter I am only responsible for that. So kindly advise me what is the solution for this.

Q: Dear Sir/Madam, I am a Filipino national who's been working here in the UAE for almost 4 years now. I would just like to ask if it's possible to seek or file support for my children under the UAE laws against my husband who has been failing since ever with fulfilling his obligations to my children [ages 20 & 15]. Last May, I came to know that he officially submitted his resignation. I have learned also that he got a new job offer in Abu Dhabi. I sought assistance early last year from the Philippines Consulate. They advised me to file a case in the Philippines against him as I cannot file it with them due to restrictions in the jurisdiction. In the same year, I forwarded my concern to our office as we are of the same management but assistance wasn't fully accorded. I am certain that he will continue to escape his obligations especially now that I am no longer on hold of his whereabouts. Appreciate if you can give me advice on further actions I can take on this matter. Thank you, O. S. D. P.

Q: Dear lawyer, I want to ask about my husband who brought me to Pakistan along with my 4-year-old son on vacation and forcefully took my son's passport from me and left me all alone with the child without any expenditure. I am on job visa and my son is under father sponsorship. Now I cannot travel back with my child because my inlaws are holding the passport for my son and blackmailing me that they will forcefully take my child. I want to come back to the UAE as I have to report to my employer but I need my son's passport. My husband blocked my number and closed communication when he went back.

Q: I am a resident of Dubai. I want to ask about my husband who brought me from Dubai along with my 3-year-old son by fraud to spend a vacation in Pakistan in Dec 2019. He forcefully took over child passport and other documents of UAE visa and left us alone in Pakistan and runaway back to UAE. I am on an employment visa and my son is under his father's visa. I need to come back, but my husband is keeping the passport in Dubai with him and he is not ready to give it back to me. I am stuck in Pakistan as I need to bring my son to UAE. Now he threatens that he misplaced all my personal belongings; my gold, jewellery and important documents in my absence from home in Dubai. He wants to divorce me in Pakistan; that's why he is forcing me to stay in Pakistan so I cannot file a maintenance and child care claim in Dubai. If I come back to Dubai, can I get help to get my son's passport from him in order to bring him to the UAE because the child can't live without his mother?

Q: What is the new law if someone attempts suicide in the UAE?

س: أنا زوجة أعيش في مصر. زوجي مقيم في دبي. أرغب في رفع قضية طلاق للهجر. هل يلزم وجودي في الإمارات لرفع الدعوى ولا يُكتَفى بتوكيل محامي مقيم في الإمارات؟

Q: I have been abandoned in the UAE with my three children as my husband intends to divorce me from my home country. He hasn't paid any allowance for the last 10 months now, and also tarnished my image within my family with false accusations and also misled the judiciary in my home country. Can a legal professional help me as to how I can seek justice in the UAE?

س: زوجي سافر لأكثر من خمس سنوات. هل يمكن أن أُطلَّق غيابيًا؟

Q: My spouse is threatening me that she will commit suicide. At this juncture, what rights do I have to safeguard my rights? She doubts that I have a girlfriend.

Parents have welcomed the UAE’s new child protection law which is a pivotal source to help to provide children and youngsters with ​a safer and happier living in the UAE.

A new civil personal status decree has been introduced in the emirate of Abu Dhabi by His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the UAE and the Ruler of Abu Dhabi. This personal status decree will be applicable for non-Muslim foreigners based in Abu Dhabi in matters of marriage, divorce, Will, inheritance, and custody of children.

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.

This Law promulgates the Federal Penal Code (Criminal Law) of the United Arab Emirates. Crimes and chastisement punishments shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of this Law and other penal codes.