Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 269

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

English translation of the principle

The wife's disobedience extinguishing her right to maintenance. The criterion for its establishment: bringing an obedience action against her and her refusal to execute the final judgment rendered therein after being served with it. - The judgment obligating the female appellant to pay maintenance on the basis that the obedience judgment rendered against her is a first-instance judgment. No error.
Arabic original
نشوز الزوجة المسقط لحقها في النفقة. مناط تحققه: رفع دعوى طاعة عليها وامتناعها عن تنفيذ الحكم النهائي الصادر فيها بعد إعلانها به. - إلزام الحكم للطاعنة بنفقة على أساس أن الحكم الصادر بالطاعة قبلها حكم ابتدائي. لا خطأ.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ١١٩/١٩٩٧ أحوال شخصية جلسة ٢١/١١/١٩٩٨ مج القسم الرابع - المجلد الأول ص ٦٠٩)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Personal Status — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 371. PDF pages: 356.

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