Bahraini woman granted divorce on grounds of harm

TDT | Manama

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A Bahraini woman has been granted a divorce from her husband by the High Shari’a Court on grounds of harm.

The court cited the husband’s actions, including accusations of infidelity against his wife in court, his expulsion of her from their marital home, and his denial of her access to their child.

The husband has also been ordered to pay court costs and legal fees.

According to the wife’s lawyer, Dr Mohammed Al Kooheji, the couple married in January 2021 and had a child together.

However, on January 14, 2024, the husband expelled his wife from the marital home and prevented her from seeing their child.

Care

This action, Dr Al Kooheji argued, was intended to harm his client and deprive the child of his mother’s care.

The lawyer further stated that the wife’s objections to the husband’s mother’s excessive interference in their lives, including matters of food, clothing, and other household issues, led to the husband’s accusations of infidelity and his refusal to provide adequate housing and financial support.

The husband’s actions included scheduling sporadic and irregular visits for the wife to see her child at his family’s home, consistently refusing to allow her to live with him.

These circumstances prompted the wife to file for divorce on grounds of harm.

The court investigated the case, hearing testimony from both the wife and husband’s witnesses.

Its judgment highlighted the wife’s witnesses’ testimony, which corroborated her claims of abandonment, expulsion from the marital home, and accusations of infidelity.

Trestimony

The court found this testimony credible, particularly given the husband’s failure to provide any evidence to support his claims of infidelity, or any final criminal judgment to that effect.

It dismissed the husband’s witnesses’ testimony as general and lacking specific details.

The court noted the husband’s statement in a court session on January 31, 2024, where he indicated a willingness to reconcile if the wife ended her alleged relationships with foreign men.

The court considered this statement as an implicit accusation against the wife’s honour, lacking any substantiating evidence.