Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 185

An action concerning the marital relationship. The general rule is that it shall not be heard upon denial. The exception. Its establishment by an official document. Acknowledgment of marriage recorded in an official paper. Its being regarded as equivalent to an official document. Its effect. Denial is not accepted after acknowledgment. The reason for this. - Official papers are those in which a public official or a person entrusted with a public service records what was performed by him or received by him from the persons concerned in accordance with the legal formalities and within the limits of his authority and jurisdiction. Article 8 of the Evidence Law. Fulfilment of the constituent requirements of an official paper. Its effect. It constitutes proof - 355 - Personal Status of what is recorded therein. - Records of Public Prosecution investigations. Their inclusion among official papers. Statements made therein by the persons concerned are regarded as extrajudicial acknowledgments. Their subjection to the discretion of the trial court, which may, upon assessing the circumstances in which an acknowledgment was made and the purpose in whose context it occurred, accept it and base its adjudication upon it. An example concerning the evidentiary force of acknowledgment of marriage in Public Prosecution investigations. 2- Guardianship in marriage and wrongful prevention of marriage: