Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 253

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

English translation of the principle

Lapse of the wife's maintenance. Its criterion. Establishment of her marital disobedience. Disobedience is established by her refusal to comply with the final judgment requiring her obedience to her husband after its service upon her. Article 11 bis – Second of Egyptian Law No. 100/1985 or Article 1 of Egyptian Law No. 25/1920 does not detract from this.
Arabic original
سقوط نفقة الزوجة. مناطه. ثبوت نشوزها. النشوز يتحقق بامتناعها عن تنفيذ الحكم النهائي الصادر بطاعتها لزوجها بعد إعلانها به. لا ينال من ذلك نص المادة ١١ مكرر – ثانياً من القانون المصري رقم ١٠٠/١٩٨٥ أو المادة الأولى من القانون المصري رقم ٢٥/١٩٢٠.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٦/١٩٨٦ أحوال شخصية جلسة ١٦/٦/١٩٨٦ مج القسم الثاني - المجلد الأول ص ٢٨٢)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Personal Status — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 369. PDF pages: 354.

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