Procedures for filing a marital furniture lawsuit in the Saudi system
Courts in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia pay special attention to personal status cases due to their specificity and impact on family stability and cohesion.
One of the important lawsuits in this regard is the marital furniture lawsuits, which are cases that require proof and accuracy when limiting requests to be decided and the stolen rights recovered.
What is marital furniture?
It is the furniture and belongings that were in the spouses’ home before the divorce, where a lawsuit for the marital furniture is filed after the divorce to demand the return of the belongings or their value by one of the parties.
Disputes demanding marital furniture in the Saudi system are considered cases within the jurisdiction of personal status courts.
Is furniture the wife’s right after divorce according to Islamic law?
Furniture after divorce is considered a woman’s right if she bought it with her own money or obtained it through a gift or present from her husband or someone else.
Furniture includes personal belongings such as clothes, jewelry, furniture, electrical appliances, or the dowry if stipulated in the marriage contract.
The wife can also claim documents in the husband’s possession such as family card, medical reports, personal status card, etc.
Does the husband have the right to claim marital furniture?
The husband has the right to file a lawsuit for the marital furniture that he bought with his own money if it is in the wife’s possession and she refuses to hand it over to him.
What cases can a husband file against his wife in Saudi Arabia?
What cases can a husband file against his wife in Saudi Arabia?
The husband can file a lawsuit against his wife in one of the following personal status cases:
- Disavowal lawsuit
- Claim for compensation for damages.
- Gift recovery claim.
- Custody lawsuit.
- Children’s visitation lawsuit.
- Claim to prove recourse.
- Marital furniture lawsuit.
How is marital furniture proven?
Ownership of marital furniture is proven through one of the methods of proof stipulated in the Saudi system, such as witness testimony, purchase invoices, defendant’s declaration, etc.
The marital furniture formula must include a claim for the furniture or its value in the event of its disposal or destruction by the defendant.
It is required to list the requests and describe the furniture and belongings in detail in the lawsuit.
Document claims are accepted if they are part of a marital furniture claim. However, if the claim is for documents only, the type of claim must be changed to a document claim, which is within the jurisdiction of general courts.
What are the procedures for filing a marital furniture lawsuit?
The husband or wife can claim marital furniture after divorce by filing a lawsuit before the Personal Status Court via the Najiz platform of the Ministry of Justice by following the following steps:
- Log in to the Najiz platform via the national unified access.
- From the home page select “district”
- Access the service “lawsuit newspaper”
- Click on the icon ” new request”
- Choose the main classification “personal status”
- Select subcategory “Marriage and division claims”
- Choosing the type of lawsuit “marital furniture”
- Fill in the required data and attach documents related to the lawsuit.
- Click on “Submit Application”
It is important to appoint a specialized lawyer from the office of Lawyer Abdul Majeed Al Rashid in personal status to consider claims for marital furniture and accurately list the requests to win the case.
A personal status lawyer from the office of Attorney Abdul Majeed Al Rashid provides a variety of legal services, including case study and analysis, drafting legal memoranda and defenses, representing clients before the relevant authorities, attending sessions before reconciliation committees and personal status courts, and pleading on behalf of clients, among others.
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