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Q: What is the procedure to obtain an amicable divorce settlement following the family reconciliation center clearance?
Is a lawyer required to draft the settlement?
Can the lawyer liaise with the opposing party to reach the settlement?
If a NOC is sought from the reconciliation center, does the case automatically move to the court for a discussion on the financial settlement?
Or does the wife need to file a separate claim for the procedure?



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Settlement offer to the wife in a divorce case 
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Q: Hi.
I just filed a divorce against my husband who is in the Philippines, and I will be receiving the judgement next week. The judge told me he offered me a settlement.
I wanted to ask, does it mean I won't be having my divorce granted?

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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

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Can a Muslim couple get a mutual divorce without agreeing on financial issues?




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Q: Dear Sir/Madam,
Is it possible for a Muslim couple to obtain a mutually agreed divorce without agreeing on the financial consequences, meaning getting a divorce certificate first and the wife later filing a case for child support?





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Do I need to go with ex-husband to the court to remove an execution case he put on me?




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Q: My ex-husband had put an execution case on me before finally divorcing me.
Now in my mutual agreement with him during divorce, he has also agreed to remove the execution case.
Do I still need him to go to court and remove the case?
Or can I go to the court based on this mutual agreement and get it removed myself?





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