Keeping custody of daughter due to the non-payment of maintenance

Dear questioner,

We can help you to retain your daughter's custody with you. further, you can claim the maintenance from your husband which he has not paid after the judgement.

To maintain the child custody to be with you, It's better you open the case as early as possible.

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If he filed a case, you can defend and retain and you can claim maintenance.

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The law permitted to extend the custody of the girl to her mother until she gets married.

It is possible for your husband to file a suit to take the girl, so you will ask the judge to extend custody for you. And the girl’s opinion on that can be taken if the judge wants that.

Thank you.

He is responsible to pay the child maintenance amount as ordered by the court if he is in the UAE and working. It's not possible to avoid this.

He may file for custody but as you mentioned he is not giving maintenance hence, he is not following his responsibilities as a father.

Therefore, the court will look into all these aspects before transferring the custody and most probably the court will not transfer the girl's custody to him and you can extend it until her marriage.

The personal status law of UAE Article 156 states:

"1. The custody awarded to women shall terminate when the male child reaches eleven years of age and the female thirteen unless the court decides for the child's interest to extend this period until the male becomes of age and the female gets married.

2. The custody awarded to women shall last if the child is demented or infected with a disabling disease unless the child's interest requires otherwise."

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