Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 164

Divorce attributed to a past date. The general rule is that it takes effect from the time the husband acknowledges it. The wife's confirmation of the attribution of her divorce to a past date. Waiver of her right to maintenance and similar rights, without extending to any right of God Almighty, including the waiting period. Its effect: the waiting period begins from the time of notification or acknowledgment, not from the time to which the divorce is attributed, while her right to maintenance remains from the time of the husband's acknowledgment. Example.