Middle East: Family and Matrimonial

Family matters are personal, sensitive, and often stressful. Whether the issue involves divorce, child custody, alimony, guardianship, inheritance, or cross-border family arrangements, choosing...

Law No. 12 of 1996 is one of Egypt’s main laws governing the rights, protection, and care of children. It addresses key matters relating to childhood and motherhood, including healthcare, birth registration, family care, social protection, education, child welfare, and protection from abuse, neglect, exploitation, and other risks affecting children.

Witness testimony plays a crucial role in UAE legal proceedings, particularly in family and divorce disputes where events may not be fully documented. However, UAE law imposes strict limitations on when witness evidence can be used, especially in commercial matters exceeding AED 50,000, and witnesses who provide false testimony face serious criminal consequences including imprisonment and potential deportation for expatriates.

Family matters are personal, sensitive, and often stressful. Whether the issue involves divorce, child custody, alimony, guardianship, inheritance, or cross-border family arrangements, choosing...

Navigating Dubai's inheritance law requires understanding complex legal frameworks that differ based on religion and residency status.

The UAE family law system has evolved from a largely sharia-compliant personal status system to a separate system that also accommodates civil family law options for non-Muslims and expatriate residents.

Family matters are personal, sensitive, and often stressful. Whether the issue involves divorce, child custody, alimony, guardianship, inheritance, or cross-border family arrangements, choosing...

Divorce is not only the end of a marriage. When children are involved, it also raises important questions about parenting, custody, visitation, financial support and decision-making.

A landmark Dubai Court of Cassation ruling examines when sole custody trumps joint custody under UAE Law No. 41 of 2022, analyzing a father's appeal after losing custody of his three-year-old son.