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State of Kuwait · Statutory text

Article 489 of Jaafari Personal Status Law

English translation

If paternal uncles and aunts and maternal uncles and aunts coexist, the maternal uncles and aunts shall receive one-third, even if there is only one, male or female, and the paternal uncles and aunts shall receive two-thirds, even if there is only one, male or female.
Arabic original
إذا اجتمع الأعمام والأخوال كان للأخوال الثلث وإن كان واحدا ذكرا أو أنثى، والثلثان للأعمام وإن كان واحدا ذكرا أو أنثى.

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