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State of Kuwait · Statutory text

Article 330 of Personal Status Law

English translation

If a man dies leaving his wife or a woman observing a waiting period from him, her unborn child shall not inherit from him unless born alive within at most three hundred and sixty-five days from the date of death or separation. An unborn child shall not inherit from anyone other than its father except in the following two cases: First: That it is born alive within at most three hundred and sixty-five days from the date of death or separation. If its mother was observing a waiting period following death or separation, and the decedent died during the waiting period. Second: That it is born alive within at most two hundred and seventy days from the date of the decedent's death, if it is from a marriage subsisting at the time of death.
Arabic original
إذا توفي الرجل عن زوجته او عن معتدته ، فلا يرثه حملها الا إذا ولد حيا لخمسة وستين وثلاثمائة يوم على الاكثر من تاريخ الوفاة او الفرقة. لا يرث الحمل غير ابيه الا في الحالتين الآتيتين : الاولى : ان يولد حيا لخمسة وستين وثلاثمائة يوم على الاكثر من تاريخ الموت او الفرقة. أن كانت امه معتدة موت او فرقة ، ومات المورث اثناء العدة. الثانية : ان يولد حيـا لسبعين ومائتي يوم على الاكثر من تاريخ وفاة المورث ان كان من زوجية قائمة وقت الوفاة .

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