By Bassam Za’za’, Legal and Court Correspondent Published: 16:14 March 31, 2014
Dubai: A woman has been ordered to give back four dogs and three cats to her ex-husband, which she took when she walked out on him.
The British man said he got the shock of his life when he returned from a business trip to find a virtually empty house.
He filed for divorce before the Dubai Sharia Court. The man mentioned in his lawsuit that he had bought everything in the house, including the animals. The court ordered the man’s ex-wife to return everything she had taken.
He told the Dubai Courts that the woman constantly cursed him and his family and was a troublemaker.
Meanwhile the woman lodged a counter-lawsuit, in which she requested a divorce and demanded the man pay her around Dh100,000 in maintenance. She also demanded her husband pay for a housemaid in addition to her rent. She said their marriage had become unbearable.
The husband’s friend testified before the Sharia Court that the woman used to call her husband names and defamed him in front of his colleagues.
Meanwhile, the wife’s friend testified the man constantly intimidated his wife.
The Sharia Court looked into the lawsuits after efforts to settle the dispute between the couple before the Dubai Court’s Family Guidance and Reconciliation Section failed. The court was granted a divorce. The British man was ordered to pay Dh25,000 in maintenance.
The couple appealed the verdict before the Appeal Court that upheld the ruling.
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