To date, 10,000 civil marriages have been celebrated before ADJD

Since Law No. 14 of 2021 on Civil Marriage and its impact in Abu Dhabi, the Abu Dhabi Department of Justice (ADJD) has received more than 10,000 civil marriage applications to the Civil Family Court with 40 civil marriage applications per day Abu Dhabi The Emirate of Dhabi came into effect early last year.

His Excellency Yousef Saeed Alabri, Deputy Minister of Justice, stated that the Abu Dhabi Foreigners Civil Family Court’s continued role as a pioneering model of civil family court stems from the implementation of the ambitious vision of His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed, President of the UAE Nahyan” May Allah bless him”, was a direct response to the directive of His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Vice President, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Presidential Affairs, and Chairman of the Abu Dhabi Department of Justice, to Strengthening the emirate’s competitive position in developing a leading judicial system.

He said statistics from the Abu Dhabi Foreigners Civil and Family Court showed that more than 10,000 civil marriage applications had been registered since the law came into effect, with 40 civil marriage applications per day, equivalent to four civil marriage files. In the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, especially after the launch of the notarial marriage “express” service, only 24 hours are allowed to go through the marriage formalities to cater to a large number of tourists from all over the world who come to the Emirate of Abu Dhabi for notarial marriage.

His Excellency Yousef Alabri explained that the Abu Dhabi courts are committed to providing judicial excellence electronically, from the registration of applications to the completion of proceedings and attendance at hearings, as they are paperless electronic courts and the only ones in the Arab region A bilingual court, as it provides forms and judgments in Arabic and English, thereby guaranteeing the right of foreigners to understand the proceedings in a simplified manner, without any language barriers that may hinder the understanding of the decisions made by the court in the case of the court.

It is worth mentioning that foreigner civil and family courts provide a wide range of services for tourists and residents from various countries, such as civil marriage, no-fault civil divorce, joint custody of children, civil will and inheritance, parent-child relationship certification, etc. .