Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 116

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

English translation of the principle

The minimum gestation period is six lunar months and the maximum is three hundred and sixty-five days. The basis for this. - The nature of the two conditions for establishing a child's parentage in a valid marriage. Absence of either. Parentage is not established except by the husband's acknowledgment. - An acknowledgment of parentage satisfying its conditions. It cannot be negated, and no denial is entertained after acknowledgment.
Arabic original
أقل مدة للحمل هي ستة أشهر قمرية وأكثرها هي خمسة وستون وثلاثمائة يوم. أساس ذلك. - ماهية شرطا ثبوت النسب في الزواج الصحيح للولد. انتفاء أحدهما. لا يثبت النسب إلا بإقرار الزوج. - صدور الإقرار بالنسب مستوفياً شرائطه. عدم احتماله النفي ولا يسمع إنكار بعد الإقرار.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٨٦/٢٠٠١ أحوال شخصية جلسة ٢٧/١٠/٢٠٠٢ مج القسم الخامس - المجلد الثاني ص ٢٣٧)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Personal Status — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 341. PDF pages: 326.

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