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Hessa Saif, Staff Reporter

The Second Personal Status Court in Ras Al Khaimah rejected an Arab father's case of disowing his daughter and obliged him to pay the lawyer's fees.

The father had submitted a petition to the Case Management Office requesting the referral of the case for investigation to prove through legal means, evidence, and witness testimony that the fetus his ex-wife was carrying during their divorce had died shortly after birth.

He requested a DNA test on the daughter, whom his ex-wife claimed was his daughter.

The Hanan Salem Al Shammili’s Law Firm, legal representative of the appellee, affirmed that the firm presented two witnesses who testified that the daughter was the plaintiff’s from a valid marriage.

One of the witnesses affirmed that the plaintiff denied his paternity out of fear of his family.

The firm presented the marriage and divorce documents, the daughter's birth certificate, and a copy of an agreement dated and signed by both parties to the case, which included the plaintiff's acknowledgment of paternity and his commitment to pay Dhs400 per month in alimony upon the child's birth and to obtain a passport for her.