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Opinion pieces, analyses and testimonies from the association on shared custody, the best interests of the child, the Moudawana and separated fathers in Morocco.

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29 September 2026

A child's time cannot wait: custody, visitation and the bond with the other parent

In Morocco, the law gives custody to the mother first; in France there is no such priority, yet the child's residence is most often set with her. Other countrie

17 September 2026

When seeing your child costs too much

A father's testimony: after the mother returned to Morocco without his knowledge, a divorce, and repeated moves without notice, he has spent two years crossing

17 September 2026

Custody vs. legal guardianship: a legal balance emptied of meaning in practice

Moroccan law gives custody of the child to the mother and legal representation to the father — a balance meant to keep both parents involved in major decisions.

16 September 2026

Repeat offences of withholding a child: what does the law say, what does the researcher say?

An academic study by Dr. Mohamed Idrissi Alami Machichi, honorary professor at Mohammed V University, on the motives of legal recidivism, brings back a question

30 May 2026

Who will make up for the lost years?

The best interests of the child are said to be the compass. But who answers for the lost years, the missed holidays, the financial and psychological exhaustion

29 May 2026

A child needs a father and a mother, together

Divorce ends the marital bond, not the parental bond. Why the question "who gets the child?" is no longer enough, and what the studies and the Convention on the

17 May 2026

The best interests of the child… who really defines them?

It is time to redefine the best interests of the child: not only maintenance, housing and formal custody, but psychological stability and ties with both parents

6 April 2026

Prison for maintenance: a father who cannot pay, not one who refuses

One case among thousands: a father spends his days between courts and police stations to see his son, loses his job and his income, then finds himself prosecute

3 November 2025

The child's right to keep both parents after separation: a reading of articles 3, 9 and 18 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child

Articles 3, 9 and 18 of the Convention enshrine the best interests of the child, non-separation from parents except when necessary, and the common responsibilit

21 June 2025

When custody becomes a weapon

After divorce, not all custodial mothers have the same degree of awareness and responsibility. A typology, for awareness purposes, of the behaviours that turn c

7 June 2025

Four years without a single Eid with my son: a father's testimony

How many years must a child be deprived of his father before it counts as a crime against humanity? Testimony of a father, a member of the association, who has

25 April 2025

Is this justice?

A father torn from his children's lives after divorce, "legal guardian" on paper only. We are neither against mothers nor against custody, but against exclusion

24 April 2025

Victim of a divorce for discord (chiqaq) without grounds? You can claim compensation and custody

Anonymised testimony of a father whose family was broken by a "divorce for discord" petition filed without evidence, and what the law allows: claiming compensat

1 June 2024

When does the mediation, family conciliation and assistance unit intervene?

The three conditions under which the association's unit travels to assist a father deprived of his children: a visiting order served and enforced, a bailiff bei

25 May 2024

To fathers who give up: running away is not a solution

A message to fathers who advocate abandonment and giving up on the procedures: the legal battle is exhausting, but it is your duty. Children are watching and le

21 May 2024

Demanding a bailiff at every visit: a means of pressure punishable by law

When the custodian demands a bailiff at every handover of the children, this amounts to a failure to hand over a child and contempt of a court order (articles 2

19 February 2023

A month in prison and damages awarded… and no one opens the door: a filmed testimony from the movement's early days

Months before the association's official founding, a father filmed a visiting day for which he had travelled from another city: a court ruling in his favour, ye

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