Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 295

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

English translation of the principle

The maintenance forfeited through divorce by mutual release is that whose waiver was stipulated. The wife's waiver, in the attestation of divorce by mutual release, of waiting-period maintenance, consolatory compensation, and deferred dower. Its import. She has not waived spousal maintenance, which is extinguished only by payment or release. Example.
Arabic original
ما يسقط بالمخالعة من نفقات هو ما اشترط على إسقاطه. تنازل الزوجة في إشهاد المخالعة عن نفقة العدة والمتعة ومؤخر الصداق. مفاده. عدم تنازلها عن نفقة الزوجية فلا تسقط إلا بالوفاء أو الإبراء. مثال.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ١١٧/٢٠٠٥ أحوال شخصية جلسة ١٩/٢/٢٠٠٦ مج القسم الخامس - المجلد الثاني ص ١٤١)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Personal Status — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 375. PDF pages: 360.

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