Through the marriage law 2025 in Algeria, the Algerian government seeks to draw new features for the family system in line with the current societal and economic transformations. The Ministry of Justice has announced the issuance of these amendments in the Official Gazette, which makes it available to all and legally binding. The law reflects a reform vision aimed at ensuring couples rights and organizing a family relationship in accordance with clear legal rules that guarantee social justice and family stability, as it seeks to support the construction of a strong family by controlling the conditions of marriage and providing comprehensive legal protection for each party.
The legal age for marriage
- Within the framework of the Law of Marriage 2025 in Algeria, it was decided to unify the legal age for marriage to be 19 years for males and females alike, and this amendment comes in response to the human rights calls that demanded the delay in the age of marriage to protect the palace from the psychological and social damage that may result from early marriage, and this decision was based on social and psychological research that affirmed that emotional and mental maturity is a prerequisite to assume the responsibilities of marital life, The procedure aims to ensure sufficient awareness of both parties before entering the marital institution.
Conditions of the second marriage
The Law of Marriage 2025 in Algeria added firm controls to regulate the second marriage to ensure equality and justice between wives. Among these conditions:
- Providing medical reports related to infectious and genetic diseases.
- Provides reproductive capacity as desired by both parties.
- Submit the approval of the first wife in writing before the judge.
- Proof of the husband’s financial ability to spend equally.
- A social report proves the existence of a legal interest in the second marriage.
These items contribute to preventing exploitation and guaranteeing legal and psychological rights of the first wife, while controlling pluralism under accurate judicial control.
Documentation of dowry and guarantee of rights
- Within the provisions of the Marriage Law 2025 in Algeria, the dowry registration was imposed compulsory in the marriage contract, with the development of mechanisms that ensure the preservation of the material rights of women, especially in the event of divorce, and this procedure comes as a legal guarantee that reduces disputes related to expenditures and rights after the separation, and the amendment reflects the state’s commitment to provide material stability for women, whether during or after the marital relationship, in a way that enhances its legal position within the family.
The goals of the new law
The Law of Marriage 2025 in Algeria came with a set of goals that are based on modern social standards aimed at building stable and balanced families:
- Reducing divorce rates resulting from ignorance of rights or rushing decision -making.
- Enhancing legal clarity in family contracts and codifying them in a binding manner.
- Merging modern technologies into family transactions to reduce forgery.
- Facilitating procedures for young people who are coming to marry to make responsible decisions.
- Fighting informal and legal marriage.
- Protecting child and women and ensuring a family -free family environment.
- Preserving the religious and social values that are recognized in society.
- Support the role of social bodies in family awareness before marriage.
اترك تعليقاً