Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 222

The general rule is that judgments rendered in personal status matters are first-instance judgments subject to appeal regardless of the value of the dispute. Exception: judgments concerning inheritance, wills, endowments and dower are final if their value does not exceed five thousand dinars. - A claim for marital maintenance and prompt dower. The legal fact giving rise to both rights is the valid marriage contract. The first claim being incapable of valuation. Its implication. It may be appealed. Effect: the value of the action is deemed to exceed five thousand dinars.