DOHA: A Qatari woman says she has been running from pillar to post to see her five children, who are staying with her ex-husband, an expatriate, but in vain despite being armed with a court order.
“Neither the police nor the Family Consultancy Centre is helping me see my children,” the woman who gave her name as Widdad, told yesterday’s popular call-in radio programme Good Morning, My Beloved Country Qatar.
She said she had a court order to see her children and the order was addressed to Mesaimir Police. “But when I went to Mesiamir Police they told me they didn’t have the section that specialised in executing court orders. They instead asked me to go to the Family Consultancy Centre (FCC).”
According to the woman, when she approached the FCC, they turned her back saying she should approach the court. The court in turn asked her to go to Mesaimir Police, she said.
The woman said she had become like a football being kicked from one place to another with no end to her woes in sight. “I got married to an expatriate and had five children, the eldest is a daughter aged seven, while the youngest child is three”.
“I suffered a lot in this marriage and finally got a divorce in 2011,” she said. “However, last July I got remarried and that’s when my problems began as I was separated from my children.”
The woman said she moved the court to get an order so she could see her children. “I had to attend a dozen court sessions to be able to obtain the order and when I got one, which was addressed to Mesaimir Police, they refused to execute it.”
She said that her ex-husband’s phones were always shut off and landlines are also disconnected. “However, I once happened to talk to my son and he said he would commit suicide.”
“He also told me when he grows up he would kill his father,” said the woman. “I went back to the FCC to convince them to visit my ex-husband’s home and monitor the psychological condition of my children, especially, the son because he has been threatening to end his life and kill his father.”
“I need help and I am sure higher-ups are listening to me and would come to my rescue,” said the woman.
The Peninsula
