ABU DHABI: The Abu Dhabi Judicial Department (ADJD) has launched the automatic disbursement system for expenses in personal status files by activating a virtual bank account in the name of the Judicial Department for each executive file.
Through this file, the alimony amount can be deposited by the debtor and disbursed automatically in favour of the creditor without any human intervention.
The deposit and disbursement process is reflected directly in the executive file without submitting any accounting documents related to the amounts transferred through the virtual bank account.
Counsellor Yousef Saeed Al Abri, Under-Secretary of the Abu Dhabi Judicial Department, confirmed that the launch of this service, the first of its kind in the region, sustains the modernisation of procedures and processes in the judicial system of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi as part of digital transformation efforts, in implementation of the vision of His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Vice President, Deputy Prime Minis
ter, Chairman of the Presidential Court, and Chairman of the Abu Dhabi Judicial Department, to develop innovative courts that provide world-class services.
Counsellor Youssef Al Abri noted that the implementation of the system for the automatic disbursement of alimonies in personal status files, in collaboration with strategic partners, supports the accomplishment of the Judicial Department’s strategic plan priorities to match the best in the world in the judicial sector. It also aims to improve Abu Dhabi’s competitive position by offering customers a cutting-edge experience based on technological advancement and quick, intelligent services enhanced by artificial intelligence.
Ahmed Ibrahim Al Marzouqi, Executive Director of the Administrative Support Sector in the Judicial Department, reviewed the mechanism for activating the service through the execution accountants in the courts after verifying the accuracy of the accounting report for the executive file and the availability of the International Bank Acc
ount (IBAN) data for the creditor. It notifies the parties by sending a text message containing a notification of service activation and a statement of the international bank account number for the executive file.
Al Marzouqi explained that the new system reduces the time for completing a transaction for depositing and disbursing maintenance to between 10 and 30 minutes only, which earlier took between two and four working days after depositing the maintenance amount in the court treasury until the settlement and disbursement for deposits via credit cards. Amounts transferred through banks and deductions transferred to the department’s coffers based on court orders used to take 3 to 10 working days.
He continued that the system would automatically return the disbursement process for the transaction to the bank so that the money can be disbursed and deposited into the beneficiary’s bank account without human intervention, should the disbursement process be returned for any reason to the beneficiary’s bank ac
count. The creditor can also change their international bank account using the service offered on the department’s platforms. It should be noted that the system accepts deposits via various channels, including bank branches, online banking applications, and deposit and withdrawal machines.
Source: Emirates News Agency