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State of Kuwait · Statutory text

Article 125 of Jaafari Personal Status Law

English translation

The obligation to provide maintenance, as regards the person providing maintenance and the person receiving it, follows the order of relatives according to proximity and remoteness. Thus, the father takes precedence over the paternal grandfather, and the direct son takes precedence over the son's son. The father and the direct son are of equal rank in their maintenance rights and obligations. Chapter Six: Disobedience, comprising three sections Section One on Disobedience: The Wife's Disobedience
Arabic original
وجوب الإنفاق في المنفق والمنفق عليه حسب ترتيب الأقارب قربا وبعدا، فالأب متقدم على أبي الأب والابن للصلب متقدم على ابن الابن، والأب والابن للصلب في رتبة واحدة فيما لهما وما عليهما من الإنفاق.

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