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State of Kuwait · Statutory text

Article 296 of Personal Status Law

English translation

A fixed share is a prescribed portion of the estate for an heir. In distributing inheritance, the fixed-share heirs shall be given priority, namely: the father, the agnatic grandfather however high in ascent, the uterine brother, the uterine sister, the husband, the wife, daughters, son's daughters however low he descends full sisters, paternal half-sisters, the mother, and the true grandmother however high in ascent.
Arabic original
الفرض سهم مقدر للوارث في التركة ، ويبدأ في التوريث بأصحاب الفروض ، وهم : الاب ، الجد العاصب وان علا ، الاخ لام ، الاخت لام ، الزوج ، الزوجة ، البنات ، بنات الابن وان نزل الاخوات لاب وام ، الاخوات لاب ، الام ، الجدة الثابتة وان علت.

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