Family Court Law
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- Article 1A court called the Family Court shall be established in each governorate, shall have separate premises, and shall consist of circuits affiliated with the Court of First…
- Article 1 الاوليThe provisions of the attached Family Court Law shall apply, and every provision contrary to its provisions shall be repealed.
- Article 2The first-instance personal status circuits at the Family Court shall consist of one judge, and the appellate circuit shall consist of three counsellors from the Court…
- Article 2 الثانيهThe circuits of the Court of First Instance hearing personal status cases shall, of their own motion, refer pending actions that have come within the jurisdiction of the…
- Article 3The Family Court shall have exclusive jurisdiction to adjudicate all personal status disputes referred to in the second paragraph of Article (34) of the Civil and…
- Article 3 الثالثهThe appellate circuits shall continue to hear personal status disputes brought before them that fall within the jurisdiction of the Family Court under the provisions of…
- Article 5The Family Court within whose district the claimant or defendant is domiciled shall have jurisdiction to hear actions brought by the children, wife, parents, or female…
- Article 5 الخامسهThe Prime Minister and the Ministers, each within his respective competence, shall implement this Law, which shall enter into force one year after the date of its…
- Article 6The n Family Court having territorial jurisdiction to hear the first action brought before it by either spouse shall have exclusive jurisdiction to hear all personal…
- Article 8A centre attached to the Family Court shall be established in each governorate to settle family disputes and protect family members against violence and harm inflicted…
- Article 9Except in personal status actions in which settlement is not permissible, urgent actions, enforcement disputes, and interim orders, the interested person may, before…
- Article 11The judge of interim matters at the Family Court, who shall be one of its judges assigned for that purpose, shall have jurisdiction to issue an order on petition in the…
- Article 12The General Assembly of the Court of First Instance shall assign, at the premises of the Family Court, one or more judges of urgent matters to rule provisionally and…
- Article 13Judgments issued in personal status matters by the appellate circuits of the Family Court shall not be subject to appeal by cassation. As an exception, the Public…
- Article 15A special department for the enforcement of judgments and orders issued pursuant to this Law shall be established at the seat of the Family Court in each governorate,…
- Article 17A ) Family Insurance Fund ( shall be established, affiliated with the Ministry of Justice, and its resources shall consist of the following: a - An amount allocated by…