Family law amendments, a revolution, justice minister
Morocco, Politics, 10/14/2003

The amendments brought to the family law (Mudawana) are a revolution in the organization of marriage and divorce, said justice minister, Mohammed Bouzoubaa.

The minister, who was Sunday host at a program of Morocco's first TV channel, said the new text, outlined by King Mohammed VI last Friday at the opening of the parliament's fall session, comes to build a democratic and modernist society in keeping with the royal directives that have put an end to all divergence.

The wisdom of King Mohammed VI has offered Moroccans a new law that stands as well structured text where all sensibilities are taken into account, a feature that guarantees its applicability, Bouzoubaa said.

While announcing these important reforms, king Mohammed VI has shown how attached Morocco is to the values and principles of the Chariaa (Islamic law), which preaches equity between men and women, tolerance and justice, he added.

The minister recalled how the king has given instructions to activate the law enforcement by set up, as a provisional measure, facilities for the new family jurisdictions Moroccan courts.

The sovereign has also instructed the minister to ensure the training of the new judicial system staff and make proposals for appointing a committee of experts to draft a practical guidebook on relevant provisions and rules pertaining to the family judicial system, to serve as a single source of reference.

The minister explained that a training program in psychology and sociology has been developed for magistrates who will be in charge of family justice in order to hone their skills and improve their capacity to undertake reconciliation attempts before ruling in any family-related dispute. He added that five courts already have structures in charge of family cases, seven others will be opened in the coming days, pending generalization in the Moroccan 70 first instance courts. He explained that the new structures covers all family-related specialties: registry, marriage and divorce, violence against women and children, children custody, legal tutelage, alimony and minors affairs.

On the family solidarity fund, another highlight of the new law proposal, the minister explained that the new fund will not only deal with children of divorced parents, but also with destitute mothers and impecunious old people. The fund inception law will be tabled at the parliament together with the family law project, he went on.

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