MANAMA: A breakthrough draft law aimed at protecting family life and ensuring the rights of husbands and wives was approved yesterday. The move came as Prime Minister Shaikh Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa chaired the weekly Cabinet meeting.
The draft law acknowledges family as a cornerstone of society and focuses on the need to ensure harmony in it.
The new law complements current legal provisions organising matrimonial relationships and marital laws.
The Cabinet stressed the importance of gender equality.
The amendments outline rules regulating marriages and divorces, and defines the rights of children.
The new legislation would be inclusive of Sunni and Jaafari doctrines.
The law specifies the rules and regulations governing marriage terms, contracts as well as the rights of husbands and wives. It also defines the different types of marriages, in addition to other key issues, particularly alimony and ways of establishing paternity.
The draft family code specifies different types of divorces and terms governing the dissolution of marriage. It also specifies key Sharia issues, including the period that the wife has to observe after the death of her husband and custody rights.
-- Gulf Daily News
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