Abu Dhabi Judiciary opens a personal status court for non-Muslims

The new court enhances Abu Dhabi's global competitiveness.

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The Undersecretary of the Abu Dhabi Judicial Department, Counselor Yousef Saeed Al-Abri, inaugurated a specialized court to hear personal status cases for non-Muslim foreigners, as part of the executive procedures for implementing the law regulating personal status matters for non-Muslims in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, issued by His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan. The President of the State, in his capacity as Ruler of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, aims to provide a flexible and advanced judicial mechanism for settling family disputes involving non-Muslims, in a way that enhances the emirate’s position and global competitiveness, as it is one of the most attractive destinations for expertise and competencies.

Al-Abri stressed that the establishment of the first specialized court to consider family issues for non-Muslims supports the continuous development efforts of the judicial system in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, in implementation of the directives of His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs and Head of the Judicial Department in Abu Dhabi, with the continuous work of In order to keep pace with all changes and developments to enhance leadership in the judicial field.

He pointed out that the new specialized court will be competent to hear cases related to personal status issues for non-Muslims, and all its case forms and procedures will be bilingual, to include both Arabic and English, in order to facilitate foreigners' understanding of court procedures, and to enhance judicial transparency.

He stated that the Personal Status Law for Non-Muslims is the first of its kind in the world to apply civil principles in organizing family cases, as it is exposed to the smallest details regarding family issues for non-Muslims, and provides a judicial umbrella for foreigners to resolve disputes in a flexible manner in line with international best practices.

It is noteworthy that the law includes 20 articles, including civil marriage, divorce, joint custody of children, and inheritance.

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