Fines and different penalties are private, and people who commit them are solely accountable, says authorized advisor
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Courts within the UAE have regarded into a number of disputes involving spouses and divorced {couples} on numerous issues, a few of which had been monetary feuds.
Amongst all of the disputes regarded into, one was the accountability of paying enormous site visitors fines dedicated by one of many spouses, particularly the spouse, whether or not in opposition to their automotive or the car that belongs to their associate.
Dr. Youssef Al Sharif, advocate and authorized advisor in Abu Dhabi has defined that site visitors offenses dedicated by some wives could anger their husbands, given the monetary burden they add, particularly when the spouse doesn’t work and has no earnings.
Usually, disputes of such nature could go to courtroom, particularly between divorcees.
Al Sharif added that the legislation doesn’t compel a partner to bear their associate’s accountability for the site visitors violations they’ve dedicated.
He defined that the site visitors fines and different penalties are private, and people who dedicated them are solely accountable.
“The husband will not be obligated by the legislation to pay the site visitors fines on behalf of his spouse, and he or she doesn’t fall inside his guardianship. However he does so voluntarily and from the idea of the conjugal relationship that binds them.
“But when there’s a dispute between the couple, there isn’t a obligation on the husband to bear the burden of clearing the site visitors fines for the spouse or ex-wife,” defined the lawyer.
He famous that site visitors violations will not be included within the bills required by the husband to supply or his ex-wife.
“If a husband is compelled to pay the bills to his ex-wife, together with a automotive to allow her and the youngsters meet the transport wants, and he or she commits site visitors violations with the automotive, the person will not be accountable to pay for the site visitors fines,” stated Al Sharif.
The lawyer identified that it’s the accountability of the particular person driving the automotive to pay the fines for the site visitors violations they’ve dedicated. This is applicable to any particular person driving one other particular person’s car they usually commit violation – be it a spouse driving husband’s automotive, a divorced girl or a driver working for his or her employer – they’re liable for paying fines for the site visitors offences in accordance with the legislation.
In one of many latest circumstances between divorced couple, a courtroom of first occasion had ordered a girl to pay Dh7,290 in fines for 15 site visitors offences she had dedicated utilizing the automotive registered within the names of her ex-husband. The person had offered the automotive to his ex-wife to make use of it for transport after the couple separated. The person had filed the criticism in opposition to his ex-wife and requesting courtroom to pressure her clear the site visitors offences she dedicated.
The choose stated in his ruling, that the defendant was liable for these violations, because the automotive had been offered to her for her private use, and that the onus was on her to make sure that she abides by site visitors guidelines and laws to keep away from the fines.