A total of 24,162 cases of divorce by mutual consent were recorded in Morocco in 2023, said Monday the Minister of Justice, Abdellatif Ouahbi, adding that the number of cases of revocable divorce for the same period reached 341 out of a total of 249,089 marriage certificates registered.
In response to an oral question in the House of Representatives, read on his behalf by the Minister Delegate in charge of Relations with Parliament, government spokesperson, Mustapha Baitas, Mr. Ouahbi stressed that his department has taken a series of measures to limit the increase in divorce cases, in particular by raising awareness of the importance of prior preparation for married life and by examining the best ways to establish a family mediation system within family justice services, in addition to strengthening the role of social assistance cells in family mediation and reconciliation between spouses.
The minister added that the Family Code provides for the obligation to undertake an attempt at reconciliation between the spouses, citing the institutions, entities and people from whom the judge can request assistance to help him undertake reconciliation between the spouses. .
This is an essential procedure in family justice that the legislator has entrusted to the judge as part of his responsibilities, underlined Mr. Ouahbi.
