ABU DHABI: The Abu Dhabi Judicial Department (ADJD) has organised two remote awareness-raising lectures on how to strengthen the ties between custody children and their families, with the participation of about 200 parents.
The lectures were part of the Judicial Department’s efforts to promote peaceful methods of divorce, to protect children in fragmented families as much as possible from the negative effects of divorce and to safeguard their psychological well-being.
The Judicial Department explained that the two lectures were given in partnership between the Child Visitation Centre and the Family Guidance Section, in order to achieve the vision of Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Presidential Affairs and President of the Abu Dhabi Judicial Department, to support the family’s stability as the foundation of the community’s stability, and to foster human and social conditions that allow for a healthy environment for the families and childr
Question: I have been having a problem with my wife for more than five years now and I am deeply affected by it. My wife refuses to give me a divorce and I cannot legally prove the harm she has caused. Given the religion that both my wife and me belong to, it is difficult to get a divorce. Is there a solution for me according to UAE law? Please advise.
Answer: UAE residents, including Muslims and non-Muslims, can apply for divorce in UAE courts. The relevant parties may ask to apply their own laws to personal status matters or agree to submit to UAE law. Article 1 of the Federal Law No 28 of 2005 for Personal Affairs states: The provisions of this law shall apply to citizens of the United Arab Emirates State unless non-Muslims among them have special provisions applicable to their community or confession. They shall equally apply to non-citizens unless one of them asks for the application of his or her law.
(MENAFN - Khaleej Times) The world may have grappled with an increase in family feuds and divorce amid Covid-triggered stay-home protocols in 2020. But in Abu Dhabi, the opposite was observed: There has been a spike in reconciliation.
A total of 89 per cent of 11,003 family dispute cases have led to reconciliation in 2020, according to the latest figures released by the Family Guidance Section of the Abu Dhabi Judicial Department (ADJD). This represents a 17-point increase from 2019 s reconciliation rate of 72 per cent.
A total of 13,950 counselling services were provided to couples and families last year, according to the department.
Judicial authorities had earlier said spending time together during the Covid-19 situation helped couples patch up and restore harmony in the family.
Over 1,000 UAE residents get patch-up tips to save marriage
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The programme was launched by the Abu Dhabi Judicial Department (ADJD) to help families and couples resolve their conflicts.
More than 1,000 residents in Abu Dhabi were educated on how to settle family disputes amicably and overcome discords they face to avoid divorce.
The educational initiative was conducted through virtual counselling sessions and interactive training workshops organised by the Family Guidance Section over the past two months as part of the ‘Reconciliation is Better’ programme. The programme was launched by the Abu Dhabi Judicial Department (ADJD) to help families and couples resolve their conflicts and surmount the difficulties they may face in innovative ways and through means that help reduce the number of divorce cases in the emirate.