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5 available 5 • View allDrawing up a pre-nuptial agreement in the UAE

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Q: I'm looking for help on how to draw up a pre-nuptial agreement.
I am a UK citizen, resident in the UAE. My wife-to-be is from Brazil. We have assets (individually owned) in several countries and a business we co-own in the UK and are setting up a further business in the UAE.
Our marriage will be officiated in the USA, just to complicate things further!
What country should the pre-nuptial agreement be drawn up in?
Can it be done in the UK as we both will live here?


Mar 24, 2022
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Requirements for the marriage of expatriates in the UAE
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Q: Salam Sir,
I am a Bangladeshi Muslim male resident here in the UAE who wants to get married to a citizen of the USA.
Is it possible here in the UAE?

Nov 17, 2020
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Legal status of marriage
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Q: Dear Sir/Madam,
I am writing to enquire about my legal marriage status. I had a non-legal nikah marriage in the UK. Myself and my then husband moved to Dubai.
This nikah certificate was attested/ certified for visa/ legal purposes, however, I'm unsure of whether the UK would now recognise this nikah as a legal marriage, as another country has recorded it as such. If so then I would have to also legally divorce. As my divorce currently is an Islamic one.
Please, could you advise me further of if there are any ways of checking this or confirming etc? I had no legal marriage ceremony in Dubai.
The second question I have is that if I get a court order here in the UK for child maintenance. Is this then able to be registered in Dubai (can this be used to seek to enforce) in case he failed to pay? If so how much would this mirror order cost?
Kind regards,
Sarah

Oct 23, 2017
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Best way to file a case against my ex-wife to pay her agreed part of kids education
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Q: My ex-wife had signed a document unconditionally agreeing that she will pay 50% of the cost of education for children.
I registered an expert dispute case with my ex-wife as a party. The court appointed an expert who determined that the share that my wife should pay is 468,300 AED.
Are the conditions for the performance order met? Or should I register a regular civil case?

Dec 21, 2021
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Are postnuptial agreements between Hindu couples enforceable in Dubai?

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Q: Dear sir/madam,
Are postnuptial agreements between Hindu couples enforceable in Dubai?
Are they litigated as Civil lawsuits or as Personal Status lawsuits (Article 62 of Personal Status law talks about the division of family home after divorce)?
Will Hindu laws apply or Shariah?
For example, if there is a clause in the postnuptial agreement stating that the wife will pay a portion of the child's education costs and this is acceptable according to Hindu Maintenance Law, but conflicts with Shariah law, what will a Dubai judge do?
Please help.
Thank you!


Feb 1, 2023
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Legal Requirements and Conditions of Marriage in the UAE 46
In accordance with the UAE Law of Personal Status, marriage is a legal contract between two people (man and a woman), focusing on protecting the rights of married people and their children. This contract requires certain conditions to be achieved before it becomes valid.
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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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I want some information regarding my uncle. He was arrested in November 2015 and was in prison until 13 June 2016 when he was deported to Pakistan.
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