Personal Status

In this section, you will find all our resources that relate to legal texts and laws that govern family law and personal status from various countries in the Arab region.

Where legal texts are not directly from official legislative bodies of the countries concerned, the information should be treated with caution, and not used as a primary source. Should you be interested in an article or a passage specifically, please do not hesitate to contact us for verification by one of our bilingual jurists.

 

United Arab Emirates

Federal law N°28 for 2005, regarding personal status part 1

Federal law N°28 for 2005, regarding personal status part 2

Federal law N°28 for 2005, regarding personal status part 3

 

Irak

Iraq Personal Status Law of 1959 (ABA Translation)