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: My friend got married to a person whom she met on a matrimonial site and is currently working with Etihad airlines, Abu Dhabi. She is his second wife now and his first wife and 11-year-old girl are living in Abu Dhabi with him for the last 11 years. Now, her terms with her husband are not good since she got to know of his other hidden affairs too. She was working in Dubai for the last 2 years when she met him, during which he never told her he is married. She has a 2-month-old boy who was born out of wedlock. She conceived at the end of December 2016 when she was in Dubai, and they got married in India on 7th July 2017. 1. Can the husband sponsor the children of his second wife in the UAE on his family visa? 2. What are the legal charges if the husband decides to confess to the adultery committed by them? Is it possible still from his side to confess and they both are married now, but she conceived the child in the UAE before marriage? 3. Can a legal marriage contract be signed now drafting the terms?

Q: Good Day Dr. I want to inquire about something. My friend got pregnant with her boyfriend in their home country. When she came to the UAE she didn't know yet until she knew that she was pregnant. She doesn't have the chance to go back to their home country since she is working here. In case she delivers the baby here, can she get a birth certificate? This is her 2nd baby with her boyfriend.

Q: If any lady got pregnant in the UAE without marriage, then she wants to go out of the UAE during some months of pregnancy time, may she leave UAE in around the 4th to 6th month of pregnancy?

Q: I am married and have a 5-year-old daughter. However, I split up from my husband a year ago (but still married). Now I am in a new relationship and pregnant. So, I am pregnant, married but not married to the father of the baby I am carrying. There is no time to divorce my husband and get remarried in time. What’s the best solution? Should I stay married to my husband so I can seek medical care here during the pregnancy? But then would that mean I have to put my husband's name on the birth certificate? Is there any way I can put the father's name on the birth certificate? I guess not, since I’m not married to him!

Q: Good day Mr Ahmed I got pregnant in May 2019 and got married this year on August 13, 2019. Should I need to worry about any legalities? I am 7 months pregnant now and will deliver the baby on February 28.

Q: Dear all, I recently got told I will not be able to have a baby and I have severe low egg count, AMH levels and at the age of 38, I am entering menopause. The doctors have said I may have 2 - 6 months to try with IVF but I am at the very near end and I must act fast. I am from the UK and unmarried. I cannot get back to the UK currently as they have strict quarantine isolation and IVF is not seen as an emergency treatment. With the new laws in the UAE now allowing pregnancy out of wedlock is there a chance an IVF clinic would be able to offer emergency IVF without being married? Thank you

Q: Dear sir/madam, I am 2 months pregnant and unmarried, currently residing in Abu Dhabi. Can I stay here or not? Am I allowed to go for a medical check-up in any healthcare facility?

Q: Dear Sir/Madam, Can I give birth legally in Dubai if I am unmarried to the father?

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.

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