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State of Kuwait · Statutory text

Article 422 of Jaafari Personal Status Law

English translation

The father alone shall receive the deceased's entire estate by kinship, and the mother alone shall likewise receive the entire estate, one-third as a prescribed share and the excess by return.
Arabic original
للأب المنفرد تمام تركة الميت بالقرابة، وللأم المنفردة تمام تركته أيضا، الثلث منها بالفرض والزائد عليه بالرد.

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