United Arab Emirates Law and Maine Courts

United Arab Emirates Law and Maine Courts

From last week's Maine high court decision in Aldarraji v. Alolwan, written by Justice Julia Lipe, dealing with Ms. Aldarraji's divorce complaint against Mr. Alolwan: Aldarraji argues that she and Alolwan were legally married under Maine law. Because the parties' marriage ceremony did not occur in Maine, however, the proper question in assessing the legality of the marriage is whether it was valid under the laws of the jurisdiction where the mar…