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State of Kuwait · Statutory text

Article 34 of Jaafari Personal Status Law

English translation

If he consummates the marriage with her by her choice and consent without her having received her prompt dower, she may not thereafter Law Index 1196 Home Page Jaafari Personal Status Law Law No. 124 of 2019 Promulgating the Jaafari Personal Status Law withhold herself on the pretext that she will not make herself available to him until she receives her dower. If she withholds herself in these circumstances, she shall be considered recalcitrant.
Arabic original
إذا دخل بها باختيارها ورضاها من دون أن تقبض مهرها المعجل فليس لها بعد ذلك الامتناع من نفسها بحجة أنه لا تسلمه نفسها حتى تقبض مهرها، فلو امتنعت والحال هذه تعتبر ناشزا.

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