Bahrain court clears husband of BD2,000 alimony arrears

TDT | Manama

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The Supreme Sharia Court of Appeal has overturned a ruling that obligated a husband to pay over BD2,000 as arrears of alimony to his ex-wife.

The husband had proven that he had paid the required alimony, but his ex-wife claimed that the amounts were deferred dowry. The Bahrain court ruled that the husband must pay more than BD2,000 as total alimony since 2019.

The husband refused and appealed the ruling. The lawyer argued that the first-degree ruling was flawed and that the claimant must prove otherwise with evidence and witnesses. The court stated that the plaintiff had paid the arrears of alimony via electronic transfers, and the ex-wife's claim that the amounts were deferrals of the dowry was not supported by evidence.

The court stated that the appeal was based on a valid and worthy reason for acceptance and ruled to cancel the first-instance ruling obligating the plaintiff to pay the outstanding alimony and reject the ex-wife's case.