Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1277

Final judgments issued by Personal Status Circuits. Have res judicata effect before the other circuits and other bodies. - First-instance judgments. They acquire finality from the date the time limit for challenging them expires or the date - 568 - Personal Status the appeal brought against them is decided by affirming them. - The res judicata effect of a first-instance judgment. It is suspended by an appeal until the appeal is decided, is restored upon affirmance, and ceases upon reversal.