Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1043

Children's maintenance under Sharia. Its basis is the parent-child relationship, and its condition is need. Cessation of need. Its consequence. Termination of maintenance. The need for maintenance. Its existence from the date of the judge's judgment. The reason for this. Balancing the sources of income that have accrued to the person entitled to maintenance against that person's need. Sufficiency of the sources of income to eliminate the need. Its consequence. A judgment terminating maintenance. The converse. Its consequence is retention of the maintenance imposed.