Dubai court says new divorce-for-harm case can be filed despite rejection abroad

Dubai’s highest court has ruled that a wife may pursue a fresh divorce-for-harm claim in the UAE even if an earlier case was dismissed abroad, provided she can demonstrate that the harm continued or recurred.The case involved a woman who filed a personal status claim in Dubai seeking divorce on grounds of harm, alongside financial and custodial claims relating to the couple’s child. She alleged that her husband abandoned her, failed to provide maintenance, and left her to cover household and chi...

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