Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1058

State of Kuwait · Personal Status · Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office

English translation of the principle

Determining the refusal of the person liable for maintenance and its duration, and assessing maintenance in a manner appropriate to the circumstances of the person liable for it. - 521 - Personal Status A matter for the court of merits. - Assessing witnesses' statements, deducing the facts from them, and relying on the statements of some of them to the exclusion of others, or on the statements of one or more of them to the exclusion of the rest. Within the authority of the court of merits. The condition for this.
Arabic original
تحديد امتناع من تجب عليه النفقة ومدته وتقديرها بما يناسب حالة الملتزم بها. - ٥٢١ - أحوال شخصية موضوعي. - تقدير أقوال الشهود واستخلاص الواقع منها والأخذ بأقوال بعضهم دون البعض الآخر أو بأقوال واحد منهم أو أكثر دون غيرهم. من سلطة محكمة الموضوع. شرط ذلك.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ١١٥/١٩٩٧ أحوال شخصية جلسة ١٠/١/١٩٩٨ مج القسم الرابع - المجلد الأول ص ٦٢٤)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Personal Status — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 521. PDF pages: 506–507.

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