<p> Aiming to reduce the number of family disputes, Saudi Arabia is studying a proposal to make it mandatory for all couples to have premarital family management licenses.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The purpose of the move is to provide couples with the skills and knowledge needed to solve disputes when they are married, according to a report in the Arabic daily Al-Watan.<br /><br />Marriage and family disputes currently account for 60 per cent of all court cases in the country and couples currently have to undergo premarital medical checkups as a condition for marriage.<br /><br />If the proposal is adopted, official registrars of marriage will not be able to marry a couple who do not have this license, the report said.<br /><br />Saudi Justice Minister Muhammad Al-Issa said his ministry was studying new procedures, including new legislation, to reduce the number of family disputes.<br />Sheikh Mansour Al-Qafari, an adviser to the Minister of Justice, told Al-Watan that a proposal is being studied.<br /><br />"The ministry will be responsible for ensuring that official registrars of marriage do not conclude a marriage contract without seeing the license," he said.<br />The ministry will draw up recommendations that would be sent to the relevant authorities, he said.<br /><br />Once they are approved, the ministry will be responsible for issuing licenses to those couples who qualify.<br /><br />Al-Qafari said a number of ministries will work together to offer the courses.<br />He said the Ministry of Justice had previously signed a MoU with the Ministry of Social Affairs on issues related to family management and family violence.</p>
<p> Aiming to reduce the number of family disputes, Saudi Arabia is studying a proposal to make it mandatory for all couples to have premarital family management licenses.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The purpose of the move is to provide couples with the skills and knowledge needed to solve disputes when they are married, according to a report in the Arabic daily Al-Watan.<br /><br />Marriage and family disputes currently account for 60 per cent of all court cases in the country and couples currently have to undergo premarital medical checkups as a condition for marriage.<br /><br />If the proposal is adopted, official registrars of marriage will not be able to marry a couple who do not have this license, the report said.<br /><br />Saudi Justice Minister Muhammad Al-Issa said his ministry was studying new procedures, including new legislation, to reduce the number of family disputes.<br />Sheikh Mansour Al-Qafari, an adviser to the Minister of Justice, told Al-Watan that a proposal is being studied.<br /><br />"The ministry will be responsible for ensuring that official registrars of marriage do not conclude a marriage contract without seeing the license," he said.<br />The ministry will draw up recommendations that would be sent to the relevant authorities, he said.<br /><br />Once they are approved, the ministry will be responsible for issuing licenses to those couples who qualify.<br /><br />Al-Qafari said a number of ministries will work together to offer the courses.<br />He said the Ministry of Justice had previously signed a MoU with the Ministry of Social Affairs on issues related to family management and family violence.</p>
