Stoning is a legal form of judicial punishment in UAE. In 2006, an expatriate was sentenced to death by stoning for committing adultery.[214] Between 2009 and 2013, several people were sentenced to death by stoning.[2][215][216] In May 2014, an Asian housemaid was sentenced to death by stoning in Abu Dhabi.[217][218][219] Sharia dictates the personal status law, which regulate matters such as marriage, divorce and child custody.