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State of Kuwait · Statutory text

Article 77 of Personal Status Law

English translation

a - Maintenance may be increased or reduced as the husband's circumstances or prices in the country change. b - An action for an increase or reduction shall not be heard before one year has elapsed since maintenance was imposed, except in exceptional supervening circumstances. c - The increase or reduction shall take effect from the date of judgment.
Arabic original
أ- تجوز زيادة النفقة ونقصها بتغير حال الزوج او اسعار البلد. ب - ولا تسمع دعوى الزيادة او النقص قبل مضى سنة على فرض النفقة الا في الحالات الاستثنائية الطارئة. ج - وتكون الزيادة او النقص من تاريخ الحكم .

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