CONSEQUENCES OF A BABY PASSPORT IN UAE WITHOUT MARRIAGE EXPLAINED
Ex-pats willing to set up a family in UAE must be aware that western and middle east cultures are different. Especially for what concerns having a baby. Let’s see which are the main consequences of a baby passport in UAE without marriage.
CONSEQUENCES OF A BABY PASSPORT IN UAE WITHOUT MARRIAGE UNDER SHARIA
Under the Sharia, marriage is the only legal bond for a man and a woman to form a family. The man and woman must be legally married to each other to get legal recognition for their child. In other words a baby born outside of marriage has no right to be registered under his parent’s name.
THE ABU DHABI NEW FAMILY LAW
The Abu Dhabi new family law applies to non-Muslim couples and unmarried Muslims from non Muslims countries. According to this law couples can register their baby regardless of how and when the mother got pregnant.
So for babies born out of wedlock there will be no more significant conseguences.
Ex-pats unmarried couples in Abu Dhabi can get a documents for their child through a quick and straight-forward process. They simply need to fill a bilingual (Arabic and English) application form through the Abu Dhabi Judicial Department’s website. They also need at the end to sign a declaration that the baby belongs to both of them.
The new law makes it easy now to get the court order within 24 hours. This process also applies to interfaith marriages such as a Muslim woman married to non-Muslim.
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