Foreign divorce judgments
Recognising and enforcing divorce judgments from foreign courts in the UAE
Recognition of foreign judgments
الاعتراف بالأحكام الأجنبية
Enforcing foreign personal status judgments in the UAE. We help individuals and families obtain recognition of foreign family judgments — divorce, custody, maintenance — and enforce and rely on them before UAE courts and authorities.
- Complete privacy And confidentiality
- Careful procedures With constant follow-up
- A specialist team In international cases
- UAE and international law Understood precisely
Recognition of foreign judgments at a glance
UAE law allows judgments of competent foreign courts in personal status matters to be recognised once a set of conditions and procedures are met, provided they do not conflict with public order in the UAE. We help you assess the judgment and prepare its file through to the recognition decision and enforcement.
Our recognition services
From assessing the judgment to enforcing it.
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Custody judgments
Recognising custody and visitation orders and enforcing them in the child’s interests
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Maintenance judgments
Enforcing foreign maintenance orders, including child and former-spouse maintenance
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Required documents
Preparing all the official documents needed for recognition
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Translation and legalisation
Certified legal translation and legalisation in the UAE and abroad
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Procedure
Handling every step before the UAE courts to recognition and enforcement
When do you need recognition?
- Enforcing a foreign divorce or custody judgment
- Protecting children’s rights and maintenance
- Proving marital status to authorities
- Moving to live in the UAE
- Enforcing a maintenance or family order in the UAE
Why choose us?
- Experience in recognition and enforcement
- Translations and legalisation fully handled
- An early view of the application’s prospects
- Follow-up until actual enforcement
- Complete confidentiality
Steps to recognise a foreign judgment
Six steps from assessment to enforcement.
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Assessment
Checking the basic conditions are met
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Translation and legalisation
Of the documents
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Filing
The application with the competent court
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Legal review
Confirming the requirements are met
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Recognition
The court’s decision
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Enforcement
Follow-up with the authorities
Documents usually needed
- An official copy of the foreign judgment
- Proof that it is final
- Proof the parties were duly notified
- Legalisation by the competent authorities
- Certified legal translation into Arabic
