Saudi Women to Start Receiving Divorce Notice by Text Message

  • Measure ensures women know about marital status change
  • New system part of reforms Justice Ministry is introducing
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Saudi women will no longer be the last to know they’ve been divorced.

A new Justice Ministry regulation taking effect Sunday will make it mandatory for a woman to be notified by text message when a court issues her husband’s divorce decree, Saudi lawyer Nisreen al-Ghamdi said.