A woman is required to pay one million dirhams to her ex-husband

The witness took the oath before the Abu Dhabi Court.

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Abu Dhabi Court of First Instance ordered a woman to pay one million dirhams to her divorced husband, the value of his participation in the purchase of a plot of land, which was registered in her name during the period of their marriage, noting that Article 35/1 of the Evidence Law stipulates that evidence may be proved by the testimony of witnesses, in what was It must be proven in writing, if there is a moral or material impediment that prevents obtaining written evidence, and the judge may, in any case the lawsuit is in, direct the complementary oath on his own initiative to either of the litigants, to base his judgment on the merits of the case, or the value of What governs it.

In the details, a man filed a lawsuit against his ex-wife, demanding that she pay him two million dirhams, in exchange for 75% of the value of the land she exchanged with someone, and he contributed in it at the time in the amount of one million dirhams, and he also requested to compel her to pay the amount of 120 thousand dirhams, which he spent on restoring The dwelling.

The defendant's attorney submitted a memorandum, at its conclusion, requesting that the case not be accepted due to the lack of validity and proof, and the plaintiff to charge fees, expenses and attorney fees.

And the court stated, in the merits of the ruling, that the documents established that the plaintiff and the defendant had a marital relationship, which prevented him from requesting a written document for those sums, and it was decided that if there was a moral impediment to obtaining written evidence, it could be proven with the testimony of witnesses. Moral impediment is transferred between the plaintiff and the defendant, and then the defendant's payment is based on an incorrect basis of the law, and the court shall decide to reject it.

It indicated that the plaintiff had requested the judiciary to recover the amount paid for his participation in the purchase of the land, and presented a witness, who testified that the man had paid one million dirhams, and took the complementary oath before the court, and swore with his wife's participation in obtaining the land in dispute, and that he had paid one million dirhams in favor of the owner of the land at the time, At that time, he transferred the ownership of the land in her name under her authority to him, and the defendant did not pay what he had paid to her, and the amount is still in her owed, pointing out that the defendant attended, and she did not provide evidence of her payment of the sums owed by her, or submitted something contrary to the claim of the plaintiff.

The court ruled to oblige the defendant to pay the plaintiff an amount of one million dirhams, to oblige the defendant to pay the case's expenses, and to reject all other requests.

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