Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 160

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

English translation of the principle

The effects arising from marriage are subject to the law of the husband's nationality at the time the marriage was contracted. - The basis of spousal maintenance under the Family Rights Law applicable in the Gaza Strip. The wife's obedience and residence in the Sharia-compliant dwelling. Contravention of that. The wife's marital disobedience and forfeiture of her maintenance. - 349 - Personal Status - The condition of marital disobedience. Issuance of a final judgment for the wife's obedience and summoning her to enter into obedience by her requesting its execution and her refusal to do so.
Arabic original
الآثار التي يرتبها الزواج تخضع لقانون جنسية الزوج وقت انعقاد الزواج. - مناط النفقة الزوجية في قانون حقوق العائلة المعمول به في قطاع غزة. طاعة الزوجة والإقامة في المسكن الشرعي. مخالفة ذلك. نشوز الزوجة وسقوط نفقتها. - ٣٤٩ - أحوال شخصية - شرط النشوز. صدور حكم نهائي بطاعة الزوجة ودعوتها بالدخول في الطاعة بطلبها تنفيذه وامتناعها عن ذلك.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ١٥/١٩٩٠ أحوال شخصية جلسة ٣/١١/١٩٩١ مج القسم الثاني - المجلد الأول ص ٢٦٤)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Personal Status — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 349. PDF pages: 334–335.

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