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State of Kuwait · Statutory text

Article 472 of Jaafari Personal Status Law

English translation

If the heir leaves a wife, a full sister, and a maternal half-brother or half-sister, the estate exceeds the prescribed shares by half of one-sixth, which shall be returned to the full sister, so that she receives half of the estate Law Index 1237 Home Page Jaafari Personal Status Law Law No. 124 of 2019 Promulgating the Jaafari Personal Status Law and half of one-sixth thereof, while the wife receives one-quarter and the maternal half-brother or half-sister one-sixth.
Arabic original
إذا ترك الوارث زوجة وأختا من الأبوين وأخا أو أختا من الأم فإن الفريضة تزيد على الفروض بنصف سدس فيرد على الأخت من الأبوين، فيكون لها نصف التركة ونصف سدسها وللزوجة الربع وللأخ أو الأخت من الأم السدس.

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