Man transfers property to son’s name ‘to evade legal family responsibilities’

An Arab woman who was kicked out of her husband’s house, after allegedly complaining about her stepson sexually harassing her, has won the lawsuit she filed against her husband, demanding him of providing a shelter and alimony to her and their two children.

Despite winning the case as per an urgent verdict issued by the Second Minor Sharia Court-Jaffaria Section, the woman and her children remain homeless, as the husband used twisted legal ways to evade his responsibilities, sources said.   

According to the plaintiff ’s lawyer Balqees Al Manami, the 45-year-old woman married her Bahraini husband, 66, back in 2006, after the demise of his first wife. The couple has two sons, who are 11 and eight years old.

The lawyer said that the woman complained to the police station against her 38-year-old stepson, accusing him of sexually harassing her on multiple occasions. The stepson’s criminal record showed that he had committed similar offenses in the past. Consequently and during last month, the husband kicked the woman and the two children out of the house, and stopped supporting them financially.

The woman lived with a woman friend for some time then moved to a private apartment, as shown in the court files. She was later asked to evict the apartment as she wasn’t able to pay the rent.