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State of Kuwait · Statutory text

Article 447 of Jaafari Personal Status Law

English translation

If both parents survive together with one or more sons, or sons and daughters, and the wife, she shall receive one eighth, the parents shall receive two sixths, and the remainder shall go to the child or children. Where they differ in sex, the male shall receive twice the share of the female.
Arabic original
إذا اجتمع الأبوان مع ابن واحد أو متعدد أو أبناء وبنات مع الزوجة كان لها الثمن وللأبوين السدسان، والباقي للولد أو الأولاد ومع الاختلاف يكون للذكر ضعف حظ الأنثى.

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