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11 available 11 • View allRights of a wife in a divorce
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Q: Dear Sir/Madam,I would like to ask if a Lebanese man and Uzbek lady got married legally in Dubai, they have a baby 5 years now, mother study doctorate in university still not finish, the husband every day is drunk and beat her and alike, and he sleeps with other street ladies and not give money for wife and son, also he stated he want to divorce her and marry another lady.The question is what are her rights if he divorces her, and the baby will be with him or her?

Dec 18, 2016
3385
Divorce and maintenance for a wife
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Q: My husband is divorcing and said that he will not pay me any maintenance because I hired somebody to hack his phone because I suspect adultery.

Apr 30, 2017
5583
Ensuring the payment of maintenance for wife after divorce
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Q: My husband has filed a divorce in Dubai. Before this, I filed a case to get maintenance and I won the case.
He is paying me monthly maintenance. Would I get maintenance after divorce or I have to claim permanent alimony from my husband after divorce?

May 17, 2018
2506
Is it legal to discuss maintenance of a child with the employer of my ex-husband?
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Q: Hello.
I would like to know if it is legal or illegal to contact my ex-husband's HR dept due to his refusal to pay for child support since the birth of our child (Age 16 now). He lives and works in Dubai.
I have remarried and have other children, moved to Abu Dhabi 1 1/2 yrs back and contacted him at his office. He has failed on every promise until now. I cant afford the high legal fees to file a case.
Please, let me know what are my options. Thanks.

Nov 2, 2017
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Advice on Muslims divorce and financial settlement
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Q: Hi Ma'am,
My sister is a Dubai resident (Muslim Sunni) and Pakistani national married to Pakistani person and remained in marriage for 12 years. The person whom she married has this as a 3rd marriage and it was an arranged marriage by our family.
After the marriage, we found the person very narrow-minded and the life was as hell for my sister. To make a long story short, we opened the file/registered the case in Personal Status Court of Dubai in the family section.
After a few initial meetings with the marriage counsellor, they tried to patch but it did not work. In Sharia, this person said several times triple talaq in front of my sister but there were no witnesses for evidence.
The husband is willing to give divorce but denying the financial settlement for my sister as my sister has medical conditions and really need financial support.
I need an expert lawyer who can guide and give the right direction to obtain the financial settlements and all due rights.
Please advise.
Thank You

Sep 11, 2018
1535
Divorce and maintenance for a wife when the husband refuses to pay

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Q: My husband wants to move to Abu Dhabi and he doesn't want to provide for me a roof or to be committed in any way to me and asks me to manage myself! What can I do?
And he says "if you want, I can divorce you but I don't pay you anything."
I don't have kids and we've been married for 3 years. During these 3 years, he didn't pay except the roof and I paid all bills and we share grocery and any other expenses.


Aug 15, 2019
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The consequences of filling a case for divorce regarding alimony and Mehr


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Q: Hi!
I’m married to an Emirati man who wants to divorce me, but he doesn’t want to give me the dowry mentioned in the marriage contract in case of divorce.
He advises me to ask the divorce cause he said that, in this case, he doesn’t need to pay me the amount mentioned in the marriage contract.
We don’t have kids. I’m from Romania and we got married in Dubai. I want to divorce him too cause our marriage is not working anymore but I don’t know what will happen with my alimony in this case.
Kindly tell me how I need to proceed.
Any advice, please!
Thank you!



Aug 8, 2020
1178
Getting the money paid to husband for years and filing a divorce case

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Q: I have been married for 8 years and have been supporting my husband financially since our marriage. He has been using my whole salary regularly.
He has been forcefully asking me to continue my work life as well, as I wanted to quit my job due to certain health issues.
He is using my salary for all our expenses and for his business/debt purposes & not sharing any of his income details. Besides, he is not available anytime for me and does not take responsibility for any of my basic and welfare needs.
Though many of our family members advised us to have children, he delays it. He isn't interested in having children as well. He is interested only in getting financial benefits from me. Somehow, his intentions do not seem right for me.
Hence, it would be really great if I could get advice on this, mainly about the huge money that he has taken from me during these years. Will I be able to wholely claim it back legally?
Plus, in addition to the alimony on divorce grounds, will I be entitled to compensation?


Aug 17, 2020
929
Asking an employee by the HR to provide her husband's details from his company
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Q: I am a teacher at a British school. As a female, I sponsor my kids.
My husband has a Dubai visa and is local hire.
My school wants me to submit accommodation information and salary details from my husband's company.
Can my HR ask to see the salary details of my husband as I heard that if your husband works in another Emirate, then there is a duplication of benefits?

Feb 11, 2021
1084
Does the husband need to pay the wife and child maintenance if she takes khula?
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Q: Dear questioner,
Does the husband need to pay the wife and child maintenance every month if she takes khula?
And how much is it if he has his own business in Dubai?

Apr 11, 2022
780
How can a wife claim her rights from ex-husband after divorce and leaving the UAE?

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Q: Assalamu Alaikum
I am a Pakistani woman currently living in Pakistan. I am stuck in a case where I am already divorced by a man, who is currently living in Dubai, 7 months ago after 4 years of marriage.
I also lived in Dubai after marriage for a few months on & off. The main issue now is his family in Pakistan & him in Dubai are not giving me back my dowry, my Haq Mehar & maintenance amount (which a woman can claim for not giving her a penny as a monthly allowance for years during marriage).
They are demanding to return 3 gold sets to them first which they have given me as a gift at the time of the wedding & engagement. I am not obliged to do so as they are mine now according to the shariah law.
I would have given them back if they were good poor people. I don't feel like fulfilling their illegal demand as they have ruined my life.
If I file a case in Pakistan to claim my things back, can the UAE's law help me out too to pressurize him to do the right thing?
Thank you


Feb 15, 2023
183
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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Consequences of filing a criminal case against a debtor by the bank 0
Hi,
I have just found out I have a police case filed by my bank on a credit card payment. I have a credit card with 25k limit and could not do minimum payments for 1 year (due to job loss), nevertheless, the bank filed a case against me for 190k.
I do not understand on what ground and would like to know what to do. As well, how can I find out if I have a travel ban as I would rather try and solve the situation remotely from home than be concerned that I will be jailed here?
Your advice is appreciated.
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Transfer of labour complaint from free zone to labour court 0
I was working in Free Zone company here in Sharjah. Our total delayed salary is 6 months. Some of my co-workers already complained in Free Zone immigration but no avail.
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Waiting for your reply.
Jul 20, 2017
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What to do if you have credit card debts 0
Hi,
I am staying in Abu Dhabi with my husband & 7 years old daughter. My husband was working in a big construction company from the year 1996. In October 2015, he got terminated due to which he went in depression.
He got another job but due to depression, he was not going to work regularly. The company terminated him. He doesn't have a job for 2 months & he is not in the position to look for the job as he has depression again.
He was having 3 credit cards. During his first job, he paid regularly without any delays. But after this new job, he didn't pay on time & even for 2 cards we were unable to pay for around 1 year. For the third card after checking with the bank, we had made installments but now for past 3 months, we didn't pay for it.
I really don't know what to do. I am also working but my salary is good enough for the rent only. Nowadays, our friends are helping us for the daily needs even.
Kindly let me know what could be the possible solution for this & can I send my daughter to the home country?
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