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State of Kuwait · Statutory text

Article 241 of Jaafari Personal Status Law

English translation

If a woman acknowledges a young child who has not reached puberty as her child, his lineage from her shall be established, just as in the case of a man's acknowledgment of a young child as his child, without distinction; accordingly, the provisions of Articles 236, 237, 238 shall apply to her.
Arabic original
لو أقرت امرأة ببنوة صغير غير بالغ ثبت نسبه منها ، كما هو الحال في إقرار الرجل ببنوة الصغير من دون فرق فيشملها ما جاء في المواد ٢٣٦، ٢٣٧ ، ٢٣٨.

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