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5 available 5 • 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?

Jan 27, 2021
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Seeking father's sponsorship of a child conceived before marriage
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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?

Nov 1, 2017
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How to file a family case against husband in Dubai from outside
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Q: My husband fled to Dubai after he stopped contact with me for over a year.
I had filed a maintenance and domestic violence case against him here in India after he physically abused me and later refused to keep me with him. He then sent me back to my parents' place which has been over 1.5 years.
We tried to talk and come to a solution for his behaviour but he fled to Dubai and we have no knowledge of his whereabouts, phone number or anything except for his passport copy.
My in-laws are also not ready to provide any information unless we agree to pay a certain amount for the information.
Is there any way that I can file a case against him in Dubai from India?
Or something that he is deported here in India so that I can take legal action against him?

Jan 10, 2021
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How to claim alimony and children maintenance from husband without divorce
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Q: Hi.
My husband refuses to give me the rights of a wife and does not want to divorce either. He sent me to my home country 2 years back and sends minimal maintenance.
I have 3 kids who are not going to school. I want to come back on a visit visa, and he says if I do, he will leave the house and not renew my visa or pay any expenses.
What should I do?

Dec 18, 2021
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I live with my mother-in-law who is abusing me and destroying our marriage. What can I do?
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Q: Hello,
I am living with my mother-in-law and she has destroyed my marriage with my husband.
We have been married for 3 years and she always abuses me emotionally and calls me bad words.
My husband refuses to provide for me a separate home. What can I do in this situation?

Mar 18, 2022
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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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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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