The Jeddah Civil Status Court issued a ruling this week allowing a remarried woman to keep the custody of her seven-year-old girl from her first marriage, local media reported.

In its final ruling, the court underlined that the custody was in the best interest of the girl. The verdict came contrary to what many divorced women assume: that they will lose custody of their children once married for a second time.

The woman filed a case at the court after a dispute erupted between her and her ex-husband regarding the custody of their daughter following the woman’s second marriage.

She told the court that her second husband allowed her to keep her daughter in her custody, while her first husband rejected the idea of his daughter remaining in her custody because of the second marriage. The man pleaded before the court to revoke the divorced mother’s custody.

The court’s ruling came after it held several sessions to hear the arguments of both parties and the consent of the woman’s new husband to allow her to keep custody of her daughter. The court also ruled that the father’s right to visit his daughter in accordance with the schedule agreed upon at the time of divorce should be maintained.

SOURCE : GULF NEWS

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