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The House legal affairs committee began discussing legislation on Wednesday to modernise family law and put the best interests of children at the centre of family disputes. Committee chairwoman Fotini ...

Almost six couples a day divorced in Cyprus, with 2,107 divorces recorded according to figures from the statistical service. The figures show that Nicosia held the highest number of divorces in 2024, ...

Marriage, beyond its moral and social dimension, constitutes a legal relationship with rights and obligations. When, however, marital cohabitation deteriorates to such an extent that its continuation becomes unbearable, the ...

The family home is the centre of daily life and a refuge of stability for every family. When spouses are separated, the question of who remains in the home often ...

A revised bill on parental custody legislation was discussed at the House legal committee on Wednesday, with parents saying they are currently living a nightmare over the right to see ...

Eight hundred divorces are registered annually in Cyprus in all districts, while already since the beginning of the year almost 400 petitions have been filed, the house human rights committee heard ...

Mediation in family disputes was the focus of tense discussions among lawmakers on Wednesday who met to examine needed reforms to the island’s current family laws. Members of the ...

Bills for the modernisation of the legislative framework governing family law will be brought before the House before Christmas, the House legal committee heard on Wednesday. The bills in question ...

The Commissioner for the Protection of Children’s Rights, Despo Michaelidou, said there was a lack of specialised services that to prevent ‘parental alienation’ which often resulted from divorce. Michaelidou ...

MPs began discussions on Wednesday on the reform of family law which involves eight new bills in total that will see among others, the marriage age raised from 16 to 18. Justice ...

The contribution in the acquisition of an immovable property is adjusted to its value at the time of the separation Property relations between spouses vary from case to case depending ...

MPs agreed during a House legal affairs committee meeting on Wednesday that reforms to family law are necessary to modernise the legislative framework and better protect children’s rights. Disy ...

Cyprus, which likes to promote itself as the island of love, had the highest number of marriages relative to population in the EU in 2019, but also ranked very high on ...

Akel MP Aristos Damianou has accused the government of insisting on giving the Church a say in family law, insisting on anachronistic practices that have no place in a secular ...

Reality star Kim Kardashian has filed papers to divorce her rapper husband Kanye West after almost seven years of marriage, a Los Angeles Superior Court spokeswoman said on Friday. A ...