(Stuff) A woman has won the right to have about $215,000 paid to her as part of her marriage contract from the United Arab Emirates.
It was the first time a case had come before the courts relating to the payment of a dower set out in a marriage contract solemnized under sharia law in the UAE.
The pair married in the UAE, under Islamic or sharia law, in December 2013.
A dower is a payment from a husband to a wife, while a dowry is from the wife to the husband.
Under the marriage contract signed in Dubai, Rafid Salih, a Wellington dentist, was to pay a dower of about $12,000 to Rahla Hussein Amin Harder Almarzooqi at the start of their marriage.
