Gulf Insider
Dubai’s highest court has revised a child visitation arrangement after finding that a father’s Friday work schedule made part of the order impractical, in a ruling that highlighted the need to balance parental rights with the child’s wellbeing and daily routine. Visitation refers to the legal right of a non-custodial parent to see, spend time with, and in some cases take the child out or keep the child overnight under a mutually agreed or court-approved schedule. In a significant family case, the Dubai Court of Cassation stressed that visitation schedules must take into account the realities of parents’ working lives and should not be arranged in a way that makes meaningful access difficult to exercise. The case centred on a father seeking more time with his son, including regular weekly visits and access to school-related information. A lower court had initially granted the father the right to see and take his son out on Saturdays, Sundays and Wednesdays from 4pm to 8pm. The ruling also allowed him to visit the child’s school once a week in line with school regulations. However, the arrangement was later amended on appeal, with Friday replacing one of the visitation days. The Court of Cassation […]
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