Mother loses custody of four children after illicit affair in UAE

The Al Ain Civil, Commercial and Administrative Cases Court has ruled to revoke an Arab mother's custody of her four children. According to the case documents, the children's father filed a lawsuit with the court, requesting that the mother's custody be revoked. The mother was found guilty for having illicit affair with a man, as she was spotted with him in a hotel room within the country.

The final and irrevocable criminal ruling being cited as an example of the mother's actions undermining her eligibility for custody. This was attributed to her perceived lack of trustworthiness, which was considered to render her unsuitable for custody due to her own moral culpability in committing an indecent act. Custody can be defined as an obligation, and the conditions for an obligation are religion and ability.

The Court indicated that the custody of children takes into account the rights of the children before those of the custodian. Therefore, the matter of removing the children from the defendant mother's custody is required, due to the obscene acts she has committed and her insistence on continuing to do so. This is proven by the documents, which show that she went out with a foreign man and travelled with him and has illicit relationship with him. This means that she did not observe the legal principles of modesty, concealment, chastity and avoiding suspicion.

The mother accused the children's father of abusing drugs and psychotropic substances, but failed to provide evidence to support this claim. Consequently, the father's status quo is maintained, unencumbered by any factors that might impede his custody of the children. The children's paternal grandmother and aunt also expressed their willingness and desire to supervise the children and follow up on their affairs. Consequently, the legal prerequisites for the father's custody of his children are fulfilled, namely the presence of a suitable woman to care for the children in his custody.