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The concept of Legal guardianship is determined as per the UAE
Federal Law Number 28 of 2005 on personal status and its
amendments, commonly referred to as the 'Personal Status
Law'. The UAE personal status law follows the Shariah law as
can be seen from its concept of "Legal guardian". This
constitutes an interesting facet of UAE custody laws wherein the
concept of "legal guardian" and "Custodian"
exists.
The legal guardian of a child is required to financially support
the child, and it is the legal guardian that is allowed to take all