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State of Kuwait · Statutory text

Article 503 of Jaafari Personal Status Law

English translation

If there are several wives, they shall have one-eighth, divided equally among them, with exis— the existence of a child, and one-quarter in the absence thereof. In the child's precluding her from her higher share, there is no distinction between the child being hers or another woman's, nor between the child being without an intermediary or with one.
Arabic original
إذا تعددت الزوجات فلهن الثمن يقسم بينهن بالسوية مع وجـ وجود الولد والربع مع عدمه، ولا فرق في منع الولد عن نصيبها الأعلى بين كونه منها أو من غيرها ولا بين کونه بلا واسطة أو معها .

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