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State of Kuwait · Statutory text

Article 488 of Jaafari Personal Status Law

English translation

If maternal uncles and maternal aunts coexist and differ in the line of kinship, some being related through both parents, some through the father, and some through the mother, the relative through the mother shall receive one-sixth if there is one, and one-third if there is more than one, divided equally among them. The remainder shall belong to the relatives through both parents, divided equally among them.
Arabic original
إذا اجتمع الأخوال والخالات وتفرقوا في جهة النسب بأن كان بعضهم للأبوين وبعضهم للأب وبعضهم للأم، فللمتقرب بالأم السدس إن كان واحدا، والثلث إن كان متعددا يقسم بينهم بالسوية، ويكون الباقي للمتقرب بالأبوين يقسم بينهم بالسوية.

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