He Denies Having 803 734 Euros in Morocco: Judge Gives Everything to His Ex-Wife

The case pits two Moroccan nationals against each other; they married in 1996 at the Moroccan consulate in Germany. The husband also holds Dutch nationality, while his wife holds German nationality. After nearly thirty years of marriage, their divorce triggered a dispute over several assets held in Morocco.

The wife claimed that her husband was concealing, among other things, a savings account at Banque Populaire, a Jeep and a real-estate complex built on land belonging to her. He disputed the existence of these assets.

The woman produced documents tracing the movements over fourteen years of a Moroccan savings account opened in her husband’s name. In September 2018, it contained 8.5 million dirhams, or 803 734 euros, according to the decision of the Western Brabant-Zeeland court, issued on 12 May and published on 3 July 2026.

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The husband presented a certificate from Banque Populaire stating that he currently held only another account. In the court’s view, this document did not prove that the disputed savings had never existed. At most, it showed that the account had since been closed.

The judge therefore expected the husband to explain what had become of the 8.5 million dirhams. In the absence of an explanation, the court considers that the money still exists, possibly placed elsewhere, and that it was deliberately withheld from the division proceedings.

By concealing the money, he loses his half

This concealment has a particularly serious consequence. Under Dutch law, a spouse who deliberately hides an asset belonging to the marital community may lose their share in that asset.

The husband therefore does not merely have to divide the 803 734 euros. The court awards the entire amount to his ex-wife and orders him to pay it to her.

The same reasoning is applied to the Jeep, which the man claimed not to own. His wife provided a photograph of the vehicle, as well as an official report drawn up after a verification carried out on 8 April 2026 with the vehicle registration service in Morocco. The vehicle still appeared there as registered in the husband’s name.

The Moroccan documents he produced in response were not accompanied by a Dutch translation and appeared to concern events occurring after that verification. The court therefore considers that the Jeep did indeed belong to the marital community and that it too was deliberately concealed. The man must hand it over in full to his ex-wife.

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The woman, however, does not prevail regarding the real-estate complex that she said had been built on two plots purchased by her husband in Morocco. A building permit, photographs and videos do not establish with certainty that the visible building is located on those plots or that it still belongs to the man.