Rejecting the woman’s petition to reclaim the custody of her children, the Federal Supreme Court has upheld the judgments of the lower courts, which had denied her the custody rights.

The woman’s former husband had first filed a lawsuit at the Sharjah Sharia Court of First Instance, pleading to take away the custody of the children from his divorcee, who he said, often spent her nights in clubs and bars, drinking and dancing in the company of men.

Following the confession of the woman to these charges, the court placed the children under the care of their paternal grandmother.

However, the woman contested the verdict at the Court of Appeal, but her petition was rejected and the previous judgment was upheld.

The woman finally moved the Federal Supreme Court, which observed in its ruling that her  defence was unjustifiable and irrelevant.

The Federal Supreme Court also turned down the divorcee’s plea that she had plunged into the drinking habit only because of her divorce. The apex court observed that even if her plea was sound, she lacked integrity, one of the main requirements for keeping children under her custody.