Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 252

A wife’s maintenance under the school of Malik is extinguished only by payment or release. - The rule that a claim for a wife’s maintenance for a preceding period exceeding two years, ending on the date the action is filed, shall not be heard, contained in Law 51/1984. A substantive rule that does not apply to facts and legal positions preceding the date the Law entered into force. These positions are subject to the law in force when they arose. Example. - 368 - Personal Status