{"id":589,"date":"2015-07-29T09:45:27","date_gmt":"2015-07-29T09:45:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ofwuae.wpengine.com\/?p=589"},"modified":"2015-07-29T09:45:27","modified_gmt":"2015-07-29T09:45:27","slug":"wives-sue-unfaithful-husbands-uae-remotely","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pinoy-ofw.com\/uae\/589-wives-sue-unfaithful-husbands-uae-remotely.html","title":{"rendered":"Can Wives Left At Home Sue Unfaithful Husbands in UAE?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Question: My husband is a Filipino currently working in Dubai, while I am based in the Philippines. Now, I suspect that he maintains an illicit relationship with another Filipina and is living in with her. Can I report them to Dubai authorities, and file a case against them while I am in the Philippines?<\/p>\n<p>Answer:<br \/>\nAshish Mehta, founder and Managing Partner of Ashish Mehta &amp; Associates, who maintains a column Legal View at The Khaleej Times, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.khaleejtimes.com\/legalview\/cheating-spouse-you-can-sue-from-abroad\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">notes<\/a> that engaging in an extramarital affair or a sexual relationship outside of marriage or cites Article 356 of Federal Law No 3 of 1987.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Anyone indulging in the crime of indecent assault with mutual consent shall be punished by detention for at least one year. However, if the crime is committed against a male or female who is under fourteen years of age, or if the crime is committed by coercion, it shall be punished by temporary imprisonment.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Mehta advises that if the suspicion has proof or merit, wives in the Philippines may consider filing a complaint against the unfaithful husband and his alleged mistress. Mehta adds that it is possible to seek the help of Dubai Police&#8217;s Al Ameen service which confidentially receives complaints or reports of criminal activity. Another option is to channel the complaint against the husband through a lawyer. However, authorities may require the plaintiff to be present to submit the complaint.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: My husband is a Filipino currently working in Dubai, while I am based in the Philippines. Now, I suspect that he maintains an illicit relationship with another Filipina and is living in with her. Can I report them to Dubai authorities, and file a case against them while I am in the Philippines? Answer: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":331,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-589","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uncategorized"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pinoy-ofw.com\/uae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/589","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pinoy-ofw.com\/uae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pinoy-ofw.com\/uae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pinoy-ofw.com\/uae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pinoy-ofw.com\/uae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=589"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.pinoy-ofw.com\/uae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/589\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pinoy-ofw.com\/uae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pinoy-ofw.com\/uae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pinoy-ofw.com\/uae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pinoy-ofw.com\/uae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}