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State of Kuwait · Statutory text

Article 412 of Jaafari Personal Status Law

English translation

A child, however remote in descent, excludes the husband from whatever exceeds one quarter of his prescribed share, and excludes the wife from whatever exceeds one eighth of her prescribed share, and also excludes them both from redistribution of the residue to them, and inherits alongside them.
Arabic original
يحجب الولد وإن نزل الزوج عما زاد من الربع من فرضه، ويحجب الزوجة عما زاد عن الثمن من فرضها ، كما يحجبهما عن الرد عليهما ويرث معهما.

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