Article 5 of Family Court Law

The Family Court within whose district the claimant or defendant is domiciled shall have jurisdiction to hear actions brought by the children, wife, parents, or female custodian, as the case may be, in the following matters: (a) maintenance, remuneration, and matters of equivalent status; (b) custody, visitation, and matters relating thereto; (c) dower, trousseau, gifts, and matters of equivalent status; (d) judicial divorce, khulʿ, release, and separation between spouses on all their Sharia grounds; (e) obtaining, renewing, and delivering the passport of the child in custody; (f) obtaining and delivering the birth certificate and civil identity card of the child in custody; (g) enrolling the child in custody in government or private schools. Apart from the foregoing, the Family Court within whose district the defendant or one of the defendants is domiciled shall have jurisdiction to hear actions arising from the application of this Law. If the defendant has no domicile in Kuwait, jurisdiction shall lie with the court within whose district the claimant is domiciled.