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Certified Moroccan Divorce Decree Translation
eVerbary translates your Moroccan divorce decree into English for $24.95 per page with no word cap, by a professional human translator, with a signed certification. Most orders are delivered within a few hours. Accepted by USCIS and by US universities, colleges and schools, or your money back.
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A divorce under judicial supervision, certified by adouls
Since the 2004 Family Code (Moudawana, Law 70-03), every divorce in Morocco passes through the family section of the court of first instance. A husband who wants to repudiate (talaq) must first ask the court for authorisation; the court attempts reconciliation, twice and at least 30 days apart if there are children, and fixes the sums due to the wife and children. Once they are deposited, two adouls certify the repudiation and the judge seals it. Other routes are divorce by mutual consent (article 114), divorce for compensation (khul'), divorce for irreconcilable differences (chiqaq) and divorce on the wife's grounds under article 98.
A Moroccan divorce file therefore usually holds two kinds of document: the adouls' divorce act (رسم الطلاق), and the court's decision (حكم), which sets custody, maintenance, the consolation gift and the wife's other rights. Article 139 requires the divorce act to give the date and number of the court authorisation, both spouses' identities, addresses and ID numbers, the date and number of the marriage contract, and the type of divorce and its number. We translate every one of those references exactly.
Revocable or final, and the note on the birth record
The type of divorce matters. A repudiation by the husband is revocable during the waiting period (iddat), except a third repudiation, one before consummation, and divorces by mutual consent or for compensation; a divorce granted by the court is final, except for non-maintenance and abandonment. We translate the Arabic term for the type rather than flatten it to "divorce", because a US officer may need to know when the marriage actually ended.
Within fifteen days the court sends a summary to the civil status office of each spouse's birthplace, which notes the divorce in the margin of the birth record; a full copy (copie intégrale) of the birth certificate then shows it. Acts are often handwritten in Arabic. See the Moroccan marriage certificate page, our Arabic page and our French page.
What USCIS requires
Under 8 CFR 103.2(b)(3), a foreign-language document must be accompanied by a complete English translation and the translator's certification that it is accurate. Every seal, stamp and marginal note is part of the document, so every one is translated.
State agencies set their own rules — see government agencies — and what our certification states is on this page.
How it works
Upload a photo or a scan of your document, pick the language pair and check out online. You never have to mail originals: a legible copy is all we need.
A professional human translator, never machine translation, translates the document word for word and mirrors the layout of the original. Every certified translation ships with a signed Certificate of Translation Accuracy that meets the requirements of USCIS, courts and universities.
Your translation is delivered digitally, usually within 24 hours for documents of one to three pages, and same-day delivery is available. If anything needs adjusting, we revise it.
Certified vs. standard translation
A certified translation is a word-for-word translation accompanied by a signed statement attesting to its accuracy and completeness. It is what official bodies require: USCIS, courts, universities and government agencies. Certified translations are $24.95 per page, where one sheet of your document is one page, with no word cap.
A standard translation is the same professional human translation without the certificate, for when you only need to understand the content or for internal or informal use. It is billed at the same $24.95 per page with no word cap.
Frequently asked questions
I have the adouls' act and a court judgment.
They are two parts of the same divorce. The act certifies it; the judgment sets its terms. Translate both if unsure which is wanted.
My act says the divorce was the first one, revocable.
We keep the type and its number as written and translate the Arabic terms precisely.
We divorced in the US. Does Morocco need anything?
Moroccan law admits foreign divorces on conditions (article 128). Ask a Moroccan consulate; for that direction we translate English into Arabic or French.
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