Q: Hi, My salary account is frozen, but I've already paid all my pending money to the court. However, my account is still frozen. What should I do? I have applied for an NOC.

Q: Good day, What is the exact process for unblocking or unfreezing a bank account and assets frozen by the courts due to a bounced cheque? Is a new signed agreement required between the plaintiff and the accused (the debtor)?

Q: My divorce was finalized in 2018. Following was the ruling, for my younger son, my ex-wife will get 2000 Dirhams per month and for my youngest son, she will get 1500 per month. Furthermore, she will get AED 65,000 per annum for house rental. She went ahead and claimed the above in execution in May 2019, the sum total outstanding in May 2019 was 131,000. My younger son's custody shifted to me in 2020. Now she only has the youngest one with her. I kept 5000 dirhams per month as mutually agreed in court and since 2019 till today I’ve paid 275,000 in court and transferred 45,000 to her bank account via my friend's account. She has again gone to court yesterday and asked to increase the court monthly installment, which the judge has agreed to. However, now I have 2 kids aged 20 years and 16 years and she only has 1 kid aged 7 years. Earlier, I was well earning and in the family business when the old ruling was passed but now, I separated from family and business and I now have a job where I earn 7000. What do I do?

Q: Hi My account is frozen & I need to unfreeze it at the earliest as it was maybe due to my case which has been finished & I'm acquitted of all charges as it was a fraud case in which people used my name to scam someone. I have been going through both the Central Bank & my own bank but can't find a solution. However, the last update that I got was to go to the same court & inform the court accounts team to send an email to the central bank to release my account through which the problem would be solved. Appreciate it if someone could guide me on this if it is the right procedure.

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