4 civil marriages every hour in Abu Dhabi

The Abu Dhabi Judicial Department announced that it has registered more than 2,200 civil marriage requests before the Civil Family Matters Court for foreigners, within less than 8 months, at a rate of 25 civil marriage requests per day, approximately 4 new marriages every hour, since the start of the implementation of the civil marriage law for the emirate Abu Dhabi last January, and an increase of 100% in the past three months.

The Civil Marriage and Divorce Law in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi provides a modern and advanced concept of civil family laws for foreigners in accordance with international best practices.

 Statistics from the Abu Dhabi Court for Foreigners showed, during the first eight months of this year 2022, that 95 cases of no-fault divorce and joint custody of children were registered, 820 requests for attestation of a civil will, 145 requests to prove parentage and extract a birth certificate for a foreign child, and 65 cases A civil legacy, with the launch of the civil marriage service "Express", which allows the marriage to take place within 24 hours only, in response to the great demand from tourists from all over the world to contract civil marriage in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi.

The Undersecretary of the Abu Dhabi Judicial Department, Counselor Yousef Saeed Al Abri, stressed that the development of the personal status law for foreigners and non-Muslims embodies the wise vision of our leadership and its keenness to develop an integrated and advanced system of services that achieve excellence and leadership globally, especially with the uniqueness of Abu Dhabi in the Arab region as it is the only city that applies Civil laws for foreigners and non-Muslims in matters of personal status.

He pointed out that Abu Dhabi courts are also distinguished in the mechanism of providing judicial services electronically, starting from the request to attend the session remotely via "video conference", as they are electronic and not paperless courts, in addition to being the only bilingual court in the Arab region, where procedures are available. Litigation in Arabic and English, which includes the forms of case and judgment statements, in order to guarantee the right of the foreigner to understand the litigation procedures in an easy and accessible manner, and without any language obstacles that may prevent him from familiarizing himself with the decisions issued by the court in the cases.

While the Abu Dhabi Judicial Department indicated that there are 10 advantages provided by the Civil Marriage Law in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi to foreigners wishing to marry a civil, as the law provides a modern concept of civil family laws for foreigners, including requests and disputes related to civil marriage and its effects, such as civil divorce, joint custody and financial rights arising from Divorce, wills, civil inheritance, proof of parentage and adoption, and other matters related to the personal status of foreigners.

The ten advantages included, not requiring the presence of a guardian for the wife and not requiring the presence of witnesses, making the civil marriage contract available to tourists and residents outside the emirate or outside the country, and in the case of a divorce request, the case is presented directly to the court to issue a ruling from the first session, providing the principle of divorce without harm, mobilizing an applicant Obtaining a divorce application form, without the need for a lawyer, and preserving the rights arising from the divorce, and the court has the authority to compel any of the spouses to pay financial compensation to the other, and to rule joint custody of the children, and to determine cases of dismissal of any of the father or mother and forfeiting his right to joint custody, and the ruling is The court’s issuance is final and enforceable, in addition to providing court procedures in both Arabic and English.

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