Q: Hi Sir, I have two kids and their father is a UAE national. He is currently working in the army, and im a Philipino national. Do my kids have a right to seek their father's financial support even if we are not married?

Q: What is the punishment for an unmarried pregnant woman in Dubai?

Q: Good day, Mr Naser, I want to inquire regarding Article 91 of Law 28 of 2005. I got pregnant in November 2018 and immediately got married last December 2018. Am I allowed to give birth here in the UAE without getting any problem or court case? My due date is in August 2019. Appreciate your kind advice.

Q: Dear sir/madam, A wife has married abroad and brought to the UAE as a wife legally, then the husband disappeared with the marriage contract. How can she get proof from the UAE government that she was his wife? And how can she get what she is supposed to be paid monthly through court?

Q: Dear sir/madam, My husband and I got our marriage solemnized in India in front of 35 people conducted by a church priest but we did not register our marriage. It is the 2nd marriage for both of us. We have a letter from the church for the marriage. My husband approached me from Dubai when I was in India and now I am also working in Dubai. We have been together since then until May 2022 in Dubai, whenever I called my husband to register our marriage, he refused. Later I found out that he has an affair with a lady in India and he even stayed with her together in a hotel for 2 days when I caught them with the Police in India. I found out recently that my husband has hidden our marriage from everyone; he has informed his company that he is single. Can I email his employer with our marriage proof, and inform them that I’m his wife, to add that to their records? I really want to do that because marrying and living with me for 7 years and spreading false information that he is not married has affected me mentally.

An interview-format article covering the topic of pregnancy out of wedlock in the UAE. This is from the legal podcast of lawyer Ludmila Yamalova, the founder of Lawgical with LYLAW.

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.

The provisions of this Decree by Law amend the Federal Law No. (18) of 1993 by replacing Clause (4) of Article (379) as well as Articles (600), (617), (641), (642), (643), (644), and adding new articles numbered (635) Bis, (641) Bis (1), (641) Bis (2), (641) Bis (3), (641) Bis (4), (643) Bis (1), (643) Bis (2), (644) Bis (1) and (644) Bis (2). The Decree-Law also repeals Articles (401), (402) and (403) of the Federal Law No. (3) of 1987.