Court rejects man's plea to obligate divorcee to pay back Dhs40,000 daughter's ailmony

Aya El Deeb, Staff Reporter

The Abu Dhabi Court for Family, Civil and Administrative Cases rejected a lawsuit filed by a man demanding that his divorcee pay him Dhs40,000 claiming that he paid Dhs2,000 monthly for his daughter, although a ruling was issued by the Personal Status Department to stop the daughter’s alimony after she got a job.

The complainant also demanded that his divorcee be obligated to pay the fees and expenses of the case, indicating that he had committed by the ruling of the Personal Status Department, to pay a monthly alimony of Dhs2,000 for each of his children, including his daughter.

He added that later, the daughter obtained a job but he continued to pay her alimony.

The court indicated that the case papers did not contain any proof that the appellant had already paid any amount after the ruling to stop his daughter’s alimony was issued, and then it rejected the case and obligated him to pay the fees and expenses of the lawsuit.