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Maintenance Fund

Organization Concerned

Ministry of Justice

Structure Concernned

None

Target Population

Citizen

Themes

Law-Justice

It is a special fund for divorced women who have minor children and who have problems collecting child support.

Award conditions:

  • The child or children represented by the female custodian (mother, grandmother, maternal aunt, paternal aunt or other close relative);
  •  A divorced woman deemed to be in receipt of child support.

Institution or department concerned:

The court

Documents requested:

  • Make a divorce judgment or apply for a divorce;
  •  Judgment of alimony to keep children and / or divorced women
  • Total or partial non-execution of the judgment ruling on maintenance, due to non-payment by the debtor, inability to pay or ignorance of his place of residence.
  • Proof of non-performance must be established by a report drawn up by the court.

Processing times:

the family court judge decides on the application submitted to him, within a maximum period of five (5) days from the date of notification, by an order that is not subject to appeal.

  •  the notification of such order shall be effected by the secretariat of the registrars within forty-eight (48) hours from the date of its issue

When and how is issued:

Period of validity of the document issued:

Not specified

Legal anchoring:

  • Finance Act  2015 (article 124).
  • Law No. 22-123 of Chaaban 16, 1443 corresponding to March 19, 2022 setting the operating procedures for Special Account No. 302-069 entitled "Special Fund for National Solidarity and Alimony"