Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 284

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

English translation of the principle

Maintenance for the wife is obligatory upon her husband, and for a poor child incapable of earning, however far down the line of descent, until becoming self-sufficient, upon his well-to-do father. - Maintenance includes food, clothing, housing and associated treatment, service and other things according to custom and the financial ease or hardship of the person obligated, whatever the wife's circumstances. Articles 75, 76 of - 373 - Personal Status the Personal Status Law. Example of the wife's maintenance including a car according to custom.
Arabic original
وجوب النفقة للزوجة على زوجها وللولد الفقير العاجز عن الكسب وإن نزل حتى يستغني على أبيه الموسر. - النفقة تشمل الطعام والكسوة والسكن وما يتبع ذلك من علاج وخدمة وغيرهما حسب العرف وحالة الموجب عليه يسراً وعسراً مهما كانت حالة الزوجة. م٧٥، ٧٦ من - ٣٧٣ - أحوال شخصية قانون الأحوال الشخصية. مثال لاشتمال نفقة الزوجة لسيارة وفقاً للعرف.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ١٥٨/٢٠٠١ أحوال شخصية جلسة ٦/٤/٢٠٠٢ مج القسم الخامس - المجلد الثاني ص ١٣٧)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Personal Status — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 373. PDF pages: 358–359.

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