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obtaining a counterpart from the family book (for a divorced wife unless she remarries or widows)

Legislative and regulatory references :

- Law No. 28 of 1967 dated on June 30, 1967 relating to the creation of the family book, as completed and revised by subsequent texts.

- Prime Minister's publication No. 15 dated on February 14, 1989 on simplifying procedures for civil status documents.

Conditions for having the service : 

-The request for a family book counterpart by the divorced wife if she does not remarry and to whom the right to custody is granted, authorizes

- The widow who remains entrusted to him if a judgment is not issued otherwise.

The required documents :

Submit a file containing the following documents:

- Death certificate of the husband for the widow

- A copy of the divorce ruling regarding a divorced and custodial wife

- Birth certificates for the rest of the family

- The costs employed on the family book

Filing placement :

- Civil Status service in the municipality or the municipal department

- Civil status service in the embassy or the consulate

Placement for having the service :

- Civil Status service in the municipality or the municipal department

 -Civil status service  in The embassy or the consulate

A week

- Everything included in the family book can only be done by a qualified civil status officer, and no other person may make any modifications or notes to the family book.

- In case of the family head’s death who maintains the family book or in case of issuance of a judgment stripping him of his civil rights, the wife has the right to keep the book unless a judgment is contradicted. - In case of the family head’s death who maintains the family book or in case of issuance of a judgment stripping him of his civil rights, the wife has the right to keep the book unless a judgment is contradicted.

- Civil status documents extracted from the family book have "legally" the same force of proof as the documents extracted from the original notebook.

- Anyone who intentionally uses documents written in accordance with a family book that includes incomplete or incorrect instructions shall be punished with imprisonment for a period of one year and with a fine of 240 dinars.