Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1039

Settlement agreement. Its effect. Resolution of the disputes it covers and extinction of the claims relinquished by - 518 - Personal Status each of the settling parties. The implication of that. The dispute may not be renewed. The exception. Waiver of the minor’s maintenance unless temporary for a specified period. The reason for that. It is a right established under Sharia and the law. Example: the female custodian’s nontemporary waiver, not limited to a specified period, of the allowance for furnishing a custody dwelling and providing her with a car and driver to serve the wards is not binding on the female custodian because of the resulting harm to the wards, and does not preclude adjudication of her request anew.