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Q: Both my husband and I are Indian - Keralite Roman Catholic staying in Dubai. I have been a victim of emotional and financial domestic abuse from my husband and my in-laws over dowry. Where do I stand legally in this matter?
A year ago, my husband abandoned me and my child in my parents' place and went to Australia. He does not want to communicate with me despite my efforts of trying to contact him and remains hostile towards me. Where do I stand legally?
Mine and my child’s maintenance has always been provided for by my parents and self-finance (I am working too) because of my husband’s bank loans and job loss in Dubai.
Now he found employment in Australia but he does not want to provide maintenance for me and my child. Additionally, he demands that I pay for his business class tickets if I want him to come to Dubai to keep my UAE visa.
Can I claim for maintenance from my husband without a divorce In this regard?

Jan 14, 2019
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Is it possible to file a case of maintenance without a divorce?
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Q: Assalam Alaikum,
I am French and have 4 children, and I am 3 months pregnant.
I reside in the UAE and my husband clearly stated that he is leaving for Turkey because life is less expensive than the UAE and that I will have to pay all the bills here by myself and take care of the kids as I am working here.
What can I do? What about when the baby will be born?
All my children are under my residency (iqama) Alhamdulillah but will I be able to add my baby under my iqama knowing that the father abandoned us and we are not legally divorced?
Jazakum Allahu Khairan for your answer.

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Q: I am a Hindu married in India in Dec 2017. I came immediately to Dubai with my husband who is an NRI born brought up in Dubai. Soon I was pregnant, was sent to India for abortion against my will around Jan 2018.
I came back to Dubai but my husband who stays with his parents insisted I go back for a few more days to India and sent me back around mid-February 2018, after which he cancelled my visa since he has abandoned me and wants a divorce.
He says he has no money and cannot afford a separate house, his father is wealthy but he is a self-made person. My parents are refusing now to keep me any further at their home in India.
How can I stay now, even forcibly, with my husband in Dubai? My inlaws who are hand in glove in the matter with my husband say that it's their house and will permit only their son, not his wife.
In such circumstances, what are my available options to legally force myself to stay with my husband?
No divorce petition is filed as yet and I will never give a divorce to him.


Jan 9, 2019
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Applying for a passport for a baby without the presence of the father
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Q: Hi,
I am from the Philippines and stay in Abu Dhabi, UAE. I have delivered my 2-month-old baby girl. My husband is an Egyptian. He abandoned me and my daughter.
He went to Egypt for vacation, but I noticed that he deleted all copies of his passport, visa, and Emirates ID from my phone.
I want to apply for a passport for my baby but I don't have a copy of his documents. When I tried to send him a message, he closed the mobile. I found that he has another mobile and I saw it is online so I send messages but he blocked me.
Now my questions are:
- Can I apply for a passport for my baby without the presence of the father?
- Can I file a case against him for abandonment?
- I don't want him to come back here to the UAE. What will I do?
Thank you for the answer!

Sep 7, 2021
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How can an expat wife get her rights upon divorce?
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Q: Hello,
I am a British ex-pat with a residential visa in the UAE. I have married my husband under the UAE Sharia law and became his second wife. Now after a lot of trouble with his first wife, we genuinely decided to divorce. We have no children together and we are both not living in UAE anymore.
Kindly advise me about my rights in this case and the regular divorce procedures. Do I have a right to a divorce settlement or maintenance until the divorce is finalized?
Do you have any helpful tips?
Thank you so much for your help and advice!

Jan 12, 2022
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A maintenance case without divorce versus a settlement offer by husband
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Q: Dear sir/madam,
I have filed for a maintenance case without an intention for divorce. The case has reached the hearing stage. In the first hearing, my husband said that he wants to offer me a settlement outside the court.
The next hearing is after 4 days and till now, he has not presented anything to me.
I am still his wife. What kind of settlement can he offer in a maintenance case?

Mar 18, 2022
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Husband's refusal to provide his wife with maintenance
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Q: Hi Shamsa,
I am seeking some advice. While I was in India, my husband removed everything from the house; leaving me with the basics. The apartment was beautifully built and now it's in a deplorable state.
I wasn't informed and it was without my knowledge. He has moved everything into a new apartment which I don't know where it is. He refuses to pay me any maintenance and insists on divorce, which I don't want.
Can you please advise?

Apr 19, 2022
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هل يمكن رفع قضية نفقة بدون طلاق في الإمارات؟



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س: السلام عليكم،
هل يمكن رفع قضية نفقة بدون طلاق في الإمارات؟
و كيف يمكن للزوجة أن تطالب بمسكن مستقل عن بيت أهل الزوج؟
علمًا بأنها تسكن بملحق بفيلا مع أهل الزوج.




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Can I claim compensation from my husband for emotional and physical abuse?




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Q: Good day everyone.
We got married under Sharia Law in Dubai Courts and it is now 3 years with no kids.
I have been suffering and enduring physical and verbal abuse throughout the marriage. But I just continued to stay in the hopes that my husband would change.
I never thought of divorce because I was blinded by love and the concept of keeping our marriage sacred and with respect. Now, my husband has filed for divorce and his reason is our marriage will not work because of what he did last year (adultery).
I felt so blank because I am jobless at the moment and can't work as I am suffering emotionally and mentally. He will just leave me like this. My last resort is to be compensated for the damages I got, emotionally and physically.
For proof, I have WhatsApp messages, a police report of the physical abuse (case closed), and a paper that shows a booking with his name and a woman when he traveled to a different country (to which I found out about the adultery).
Please help me.





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There are rights and obligations for both parties of the marriage contract arise as a result of divorce, which often disputed by the spouses. Here we will explain the due alimony and its types for the wife (divorced - widow) and children after divorce in accordance with the UAE Personal Status Law, Federal Law No. 28 of 2005 and its explanatory memorandum.
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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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