Q: I am under my company visa and not sponsored by my husband. He has filed for divorce in India and now suggests we should move to a shared apartment… A: You are still husband and wife till you both are divorced. He can not force you to leave. Indian judgment can not be implemented in the UAE…

You can stay in the apartment, he can't force you to move.

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

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Federal Law No. (28) of 2005 On Personal Status

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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