Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 297

A valid marriage contract is the basis of the husband’s obligation to maintain his wife in return for his reserving her for himself. The reason for this. Termination of marriage by divorce or judicial divorce. Its effect: cessation of the agreed maintenance. Renewal of the marital relationship by a new contract. Requires a new determination of maintenance by consent or judicial decision, without reverting - 375 - Personal Status to the maintenance agreed upon during the first marriage contract. The reason for this. The challenged judgment’s contravention of this. An error in applying the law requiring its cassation. Example.