Q: I was told in Sharia Court that I can file a case if my husband does not provide financial support for my kids' food, groceries, clothes and allowance for me. His reason is that I have my own work then I have to share the expenses. He does not live with us and has another wife in Dubai. What is the process and are there any legal complications against me if I choose to file a case against him? I do not want this issue to become messy and involve my children.

Q: A wife filed a case for divorce 1 year ago. The court judgment rejected her divorce and alimony and to obey her husband. Not to leave home without permission. The same day she left home, her kids, and the country without permission. She canceled her visa. Soon I also left UAE. None is a resident of the UAE now and they have no visas. Now She filed an execution case for her alimony and again for divorce of harm also. We didn't meet after 1st case. As she is not in the country. Never came back. How can I harm then? What should I do? I am also not living in the UAE. Children are with me. My question is, how can she open a case when both have not been living in the UAE for the last 1 year? How come I should pay her alimony when she never came back home and also left the UAE the same night after the court judgment? I don't know where she is living. How and why do I pay her alimony when she left her home, kids, and country without info and permission? All again I need to prove that divorce for harm case. Like retrial of the same case and jurisdiction also

Q: Dear Sir/Madam, My husband is refusing to renew my residency, and without it, I will lose my job by the end of this month. Since he wants me to go back to Nigeria, I asked him to allow me to take my kids, but he refused. I can't leave the kids alone in Dubai because he constantly abuses them physically, verbally, and psychologically. When he is angry, he beats them with a drumstick even when they do nothing wrong and threatens to send them to a village in Nigeria to work on his dad's farm. He slaps them hard, and the boys cry to me for comfort. He asked them to call me a witch and a bad person. When I was not working, he beat me constantly, saying it was because I was lazy and refused to get a job, despite my explanation that I had been trying. I need legal advice on how I can be allowed to take the kids with me back to Nigeria. Please, I want to find out what I can do.

Q: Hello, I know a divorced couple where the mother holds custody of the child. They are both from Jordan. The father took the child and left to the UAE. Can the mother file a lawsuit against the ex-husband in the UAE since he is there?

Q: Hello, My husband and I (both Hindu) are undergoing a divorce in Dubai. The execution is pending as I have filed an appeal. The divorce was filed by my husband. When he filed for divorce, he made me and my kids (twin boys) move to a different accommodation. He lives separately. After the court orders on divorce and maintenance in December 2024, he stopped paying rent for the accommodation. The execution is yet to be issued, and he has not started providing any money for maintenance. Do I have to leave this accommodation if the agreement is in his name? If I don’t have the money to arrange for alternative accommodation until the execution is finalized, how should I manage? Please guide!

Q: Salam alaykum, After my divorce, I will receive alimony for only three months. However, I am over 45 years old and was not allowed to work previously, making it difficult to find a job and support myself. Are there any legal options to extend alimony or obtain additional financial support in my situation?

There are rights and obligations for both parties of the marriage contract arise as a result of divorce, which often disputed by the spouses. Here we will explain the due alimony and its types for the wife (divorced - widow) and children after divorce in accordance with the UAE Personal Status Law, Federal Law No. 28 of 2005 and its explanatory memorandum.

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.