Family Litigation Procedure in the new family protection Act from the perspective of special principles governing litigations

Abstract

Nowadays the majority of court cases belong to the family lawsuit. lawsuits cover most of the cases brought before the judiciary. The importance of the family and its profound impact on the community and the requirements of family, necessitates the establishment of some principles regarding family lawsuit. Establishing new rules however requires building new family litigation procedure as the civil law cannot meet the obligatory requirements in the family cases consideration namely quick, easy and precise assistance. The new family protection Act was approved to resolve the existing problems however to some extent it changed the rules of civil procedure and in some cases brought about innovations. Nonetheless, reflection over substantial issues has caused a gap between the newly codified Act and its initial purpose. In this article with explaining the principle of family litigation and by reviewing the Act and studying other legal systems such as France and England, we study the procedure governing the family cases from the perspective of the given principles. the study approves the efficiency of the new family protection Act.

Keywords

• family court
• family protection act
• family action
• family procedure