The most important family law in Iraq is the Personal Status Code[1], Law No. 188 of 1959[2] which regulates custody disputes and which has effect in the Kurdistan Region, subject to any Kurdish post 1991 amendments. Kurdish Law No. 24 of 2005 and in particular Kurdish Law No. 15 of 2008 made substantial amendments to the 1959 Personal Status Code.
[1]some non-Muslim communities in Iraq have special provisions and courts which apply only to them. Muslims are dealt with under the Personal Status Code, whether Sunni or Shia
[2]as amended by Law No. 11 of 1963 and Law No. 106 of 1987
Andrew Allen QC 
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