Q: I have given divorce to my wife on 3 multiple occasions as per her wish to force me to give her divorce verbally, then she came to Dubai on a visit visa along with my kid. She has requested me to sponsor her with a wife visa just for few months. She has convinced me and I sponsored her with my kid. Now for 2 years, I am telling her to cancel the visa as she promised but instead, she is blackmailing me. During these 2 years, I took all my child's expenses. She is trying to get the child's full custody and she will not allow me to meet my child. Even now she blocks all my contact and shifts her house to another area. Kindly advise!

Q: My wife and I have separated already 2 years and right now we decided to get divorced. We already opened a case for non-Muslim. She took my daughter to Spain to stay with her mother and she came back to Dubai alone a month back. She doesn't let me talk to my daughter AT ALL. She also told her mother to block me. And even my mother, who lives in the same city, not allowed to visit her. Since she took my baby to Spain, she allowed me to do a video call with her only 2 times (she is there already 2 months). And since mid of Sept, she allowed me to see baby only 1 time before she travelled with her. Before we initiated the divorce I could to call my baby every 2 days. We were taking turns to take care of her (1 week she is staying with me and 1 week with her). I know that I have a right to see and talk to my baby but she doesn't let me. Even right now she blocked me again for a week already and her mother too. Is there anything I can do in this case?

Q: Dear Questioner, If a mother is given an arrest warrant which was wrongly put, what happens? If the child doesn’t want to go for visitation even though the mother is encouraging, would she still get arrested?

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