Questions & Answers
Can I get the custody back from my ex-wife if I am leaving the UAE after losing job?
Good Morning,
I divorced my wife last year in Pakistan and she opened a case in Dubai for child maintenance as I am paying 3000 dirhams for one year daughter.
Now I lost my job and they canceled my visa. Soon I have to go back to my country as I didn't find a job.
My questions here:
1. Will I be able to get custody of my daughter as I am returning to my home country?
2. If the judge gives her custody and I will go back to Pakistan, how will I pay for child maintenance and visit my daughter in Dubai?
3. She is doing a job in Dubai and her mother is handling my child which my mother can do as well in Pakistan as we have our own home and small business there.
A mother of a minor girl child is deemed to have custody of the child until she turns major.
Unless you have strong evidence that the mother cannot take care of the daughter due to certain disabilities, only then the court may rule in your favor.
Custody of the mother ends when the male child reaches 13 years and the female 11 years, or your wife gets married to someone else.
Alimony can be reduced according to changing circumstances. But the court does not hear before a year, except for exceptional cases.
