Personal Status Law – Family Lawyers in UAE

FEDERAL LAW NO.(28) OF 2005|Personal Status Law – Family Lawyers in UAE

The personal status law applies to all the seven emirates of the UAE. It also applies to both Emiratis and Non-Emiratis, unless they choose their own country’s law (Article (1) of the Personal Status Law). At FranGulf Advocates and Legal Consultants LLC in Sharjah, we will assist you with the filing of the family lawsuits in order to fetch your rights in a hassle-free manner.

The principle set forth in article (1) of the Personal Status Law in the following circumstances:

1. Either party holds two or more passports issued by any country.
2. Foreign law doesn’t cover a particular aspect of the case.
3. There is ambiguity in the foreign law or where the relevant foreign law provision is in conflict with the sharia law.

In the above cases, the UAE’s law is applicable exclusively!

Personal status courts mainly deal with family issues such as marriage, divorce, inheritance, custody, other issues concerning children and affiliation, among others. The personal status courts apply sharia law, which the UAE mandates is used as the primary source of law in family law matters.

Article 6.2 of the Personal Status Law states that women in the UAE can initiate divorce proceedings against their husbands who are not in then UAE. This usually applies to women whose husbands have either:

• Abandoned them
• Been deported

  Ig the UAE courts have jurisdiction, they will ignore any jurisdiction clause.