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State of Kuwait · Statutory text

Article 424 of Jaafari Personal Status Law

English translation

If both parents survive and the deceased has no child and no husband or wife, the mother shall receive one-third of the estate as a prescribed share and the remainder shall go to the father, provided that there is no brother or sister of the deceased who reduces the mother's share. Where such a person exists, the mother shall receive one-sixth and the remainder shall go to the father. The brothers and sisters shall inherit nothing, even though they exclude the mother from the one-third share.
Arabic original
إذا اجتمع الأبوان وليس للميت ولد ولا زوج أو زوجة كان للأم ثلث التركة فرضا والباقي للأب إن لم يكن للأم حاجب من أخوة الميت أو أخواته، وأما مع وجود الحاجب فللأم السدس والباقي للأب، ولا ترث الأخوة والأخوات شيئا وإن حجبوا الأم عن الثلث.

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