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4 available 4 • View allWhat can a mother of a newborn do against harassment by husband and in-laws
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Q: Can a husband throw his wife and her belongings out of the house?
The wife is a nursing mother and the husband and in-laws continually harass her about not eating well enough to produce milk for baby (even though breastfeeding is all going ok).
They keep threatening her to go back to her parents if she is not able to breastfeed her baby. Also at the same time, they don't want to allow her to visit her parents. They don't want the 3-month-old baby to visit her parents.
Is there anything legal that she can do to put a stop to all this emotional harassment?

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Seeking divorce from husband for emotional abuse
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Q: What are my rights in case of emotional abuse and being held in the UAE against my will and not allowing me to go back to my home country, so that I am unable to file for divorce (khula')?
How can I prove emotional abuse?
I have been asking for a divorce for almost a year and a half now, but my husband is not giving me because my parents are not supporting me, what should I do???

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How to get maintenance from husband without divorce?
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Q: Hello,
I'm an Arab ex-pat living in the UAE my entire life. I have been married for 15 years. I have two boys and a good job, and I've been a good wife and mother.
Unfortunately, my husband has left me for the past year and is staying with another woman. He sends me limited expenses and visits his children monthly. I've tried to reconcile with him but to no use.
I have two questions:
I prefer not to get a divorce as I yet have hope, but is there a way I can claim maintenance from him and how is this maintenance calculated?
If I get a divorce, what happens to the custody of my children? Noting that they are both boys and the eldest is 14? My eldest is an autistic child who needs special support which his father can't provide, and I'm deeply concerned if he requests custody of this child.
Thank you!

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Can a husband force his wife to move out of the house upon filing a case for divorce?



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Q: Dear sir/madam,
I am under my company visa and not sponsored by my husband, however, now we live in an apartment that is under his name. He has filed for divorce in India and now suggests we should move to a shared apartment.
Can he force me to move out of our current house? And can he force me to stay in a shared apartment?
He says he cannot afford it but his salary is decent and I know he can still afford the house.




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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.
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