Law of Civil Procedure

The Kingdom’s courtsshall have jurisdiction over cases filed against a non-Saudi Muslim who has no general or designated place of residence in the Kingdom in the following cases: a)If the case is against a marriage contract to be executed in the Kingdom. b)If the case is for divorce or annulment of a marriage contract and is filed by a Saudi wife or a wife who has lost her Saudi citizenship by reason of marriage if either one is residing in the Kingdom, or a non-Saudi wife residing in the Kingdom, against her husband who has aplace of residence in the Kingdom if the husband abandoned her and took residence abroad or if he was deported from the Kingdom. c)If the lawsuit is for support and the person for whom support is claimed resides in the Kingdom. d)If the lawsuit involves paternity of a child in the Kingdom or relates to an issue of custody over a person or property when the minor or the person to be interdicted has a place of residence in the Kingdom. e)If the lawsuit involves some other family matters and the plaintiff is a Saudi or a non-Saudi residing in the Kingdom, provided the defendant has no known place of residence abroad.