Custody of minor passport after divorce of parents

It should be noted that after reviewing your inquiry and legal scrutiny we would like to inform you that

Please note that the guardian, in cases is the father, has the right to hold the child’s passport for safekeeping but must hand the passport over to the custodian mother when it is needed.
Anyway, the judge may order that the passport to be kept with the custodian if the parents experiences difficulties dealing with the guardian when the passport is requested as mentionned in article 157 Personal Status Law).

Article (157)

1. Without prejudice to the provisions of Article (149) of this Law, the tutor may keep with him the passport of the fostered child, except in case of travel, where he should hand it over to the woman fosterer.
2. The judge may order to maintain the passport in the hands of the fosterer should he notice an obstinateness from the tutor’s part to refuse delivering it to the fosterer in case of necessity.
3. The woman fosterer may keep the originals, or true official copies of the birth certificate and any other evidential documents, pertaining to the fostered child, as well as his identity card.

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