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3 available 3 • View allAbandoned spouse right of filing an abandonment case
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Q: Asalamu Alaikum
I am an Indian women married in the UAE to an Indian man. He sent me to India for my delivery and didn't give me any money for delivery.
It's been more than 5 months and still, he is not ready to apply for a visa for me and my kid. Whenever me or my dad ask, he says he is busy with work.
He is neither calling us from the UAE nor giving us any money.
Can I put abandonment case on him? What is the procedure for it? Can I file the case from India?

Mar 27, 2018
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How can the wife force her husband to hold his responsibilities without divorce?

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Q: Hello,
My sister is married to an Indian who is working in Dubai for the last 6-7 years. He has been completely cut off from his wife and 1-year-old kid for the last 3 months.
He writes in emails that he doesn’t want to continue and that he is going to cancel my sister's residence visa.
What options do we have in this case?
My sister wants that he should continue the marriage but his activities do not suggest so.
Is he not liable for anything?
What rights do we have to pressurize him or in the future should we apply for abandonment/divorce in India or Dubai?


Jul 7, 2021
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Seeking father's child support from outside the UAE
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Q: Hi
My name is Alma Matta and my husband works in the UAE government. We have a child together and we are still married.
I live in the USA and my husband lives in the UAE. How can I get child support from him?

Mar 13, 2018
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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.
Nov 19, 2005
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