Man Ordered To Pay Daughter Dh 3.3M For Selling Property Bought With Her Money

A man has been ordered by the courts to pay his daughter Dh 3.3 million after the latter sued him for selling a residential property he bought with the money she gave him 16 years ago.

The daughter said in the lawsuit her father sold the property without her consent.

The plaintiff explained in court documents that she gave her father Dh 800,000 16 years ago after they agreed he would buy a residential property for her, and transfer the title deed to her name, Khaleej Times reported.

The unidentified woman said the money was given to her by her husband. She added her father, who had agreed to invest the money in a property, had confirmed she would get rent money out of it.

However, the woman said her father did not transfer the title to her name after purchasing the property. Instead, he used the property for his own benefit and invested in it for 16 years. She noted she had persistently asked her father to hand over the property to her over that span of time, but he repeatedly refused.

The daughter said she did not take any legal action against her father because of their relationship. However, she was shocked to know in 2021 that he had already sold off the property at Dh3.7 million without her knowledge and that he had kept the entire money to himself. The daughter claimed her father's doing had caused her financial loss, as it deprived her of the opportunity to enjoy her money and profit from it.

The plaintiff and her husband, who allegedly gave her the Dh 800,000 as a gift 16 years ago on the occasion of their first born, are no longer together. However, the ex-husband testified the woman's claims are true, as he was there when her father agreed to purchase a property on her behalf. He said he was also there when his ex-wife handed the cheque to her father.

Despite the father denying his daughter's claims, the Abu Dhabi Family and Civil Administrative Claims Court ordered him to pay Dh 3.3 million to his daughter and another Dh 50,000 in compensation for the damages and legal expenses.