Dubai: A woman won a court order allowing her to marry a man after she sued her brother, who had refused to consent to their marriage citing sectarian, social and financial differences.
The Dubai Cassation Court granted the woman permission to marry the man, who is of a different nationality, after the brother failed to corroborate his allegations that the man is from a different sect and that he is incapable financially and socially.
Following the death of her father, the Arab woman asked her brother to be her guardian and to allow her to marry the Asian man.
In his capacity as her legal guardian, the brother refused to allow the marriage.
In her lawsuit before the Dubai Personal Status Court, the woman sought to disown her brother as her guardian and to have a court judge become her temporary guardian to be able to marry the Asian man.
The woman claimed in her lawsuit that her brother had unfoundedly and arbitrarily refused to allow them to get married due to several differences between the two families.
Meanwhile, the brother lodged a counter lawsuit and asked the court to dismiss his sister’s lawsuit and refuse the marriage.
In his lawsuit, the brother mentioned that he was against his sister getting married to a man who is from a different sect, is financially incapable of satisfying his sister’s needs and is a mismatch as per their social stature.
Meanwhile, the woman pleaded the court to disregard what she described as her brother’s unsupported claims.
She contended in her lawsuit that the man she planned to marry is socially, financially and religiously suitable to become her husband.
The Family Guidance and Reconciliation Section at Dubai Courts Department referred the case to the primary court after failing to convince the litigants to resolve the dispute amicably.
The primary court dismissed the brother’s lawsuit and allowed the couple to marry after permitting a court judge to be the woman’s guardian.
Thereafter, the brother appealed the primary judgement and renewed his claims before the Appeal Court about the aforementioned differences.
The woman presented witnesses, who testified before the Appellate Court, that the Asian man is financially and socially suitable to become her husband.
On the other hand, the Asian man appeared in court and countered the brother’s allegations that he is from a different sect.
The Appellate Court overturned the primary court’s judgement and refused to allow the couple to marry under the guardianship of a court judge.
The woman appealed this ruling before the Cassation Court and contended that her brother had been against her marriage out of malice. She claimed before the highest court that her brother had constantly created problems for her and other family members since their father passed away.
The Cassation Court overturned the Appellate Court’s judgement and allowed the couple to get married.
The woman married the Asian man after a court judge acted as her legal guardian.
