Egypt Divorce, Custody, and Maintenance: A Legal Research Guide | SmartLegAI

A practical research workflow for Egyptian family cases, with primary sources and verifiable judgments.

Researching Egyptian Family Cases Divorce, custody, and maintenance depend on the claim, family facts, the child's circumstances, and the law applicable at the relevant date. A judgment title or AI summary is not enough to establish a court rule. Identify the claim and authority For khul', start with Article 20 of Law No. 1 of 2000 on personal-status litigation procedures, then examine the pleaded facts, documents, and financial consequences. For custody, contact, or maintenance, locate the operative statutory text and any later amendment. Do not rely on sex-specific custody ages or an asserted 2021 amendment without the actual published provision; the text of Law No. 4 of 2005 and subsequent changes require separate checking. Verify a judgment before citing it - Record the court, chamber, case or appeal number, and decision date. - Read the full reasoning and facts; check the judgment's procedural status. - Distinguish a statutory rule from a decision applying it. Avoid universal case-duration or maintenance figures. Research Egyptian legal sources and read the original judgment before citing it.

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