Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 338

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

English translation of the principle

Hearing an action for marital obedience is conditional upon the subsistence of the marriage. Absence thereof. Its effect. A man has no right to obedience from a divorced woman whose divorce from him has been decreed.
Arabic original
يشترط لنظر دعوى الطاعة . قيام الزوجية . انتفاء ذلك. أثره . لا طاعة له على مطلقة لمن طلقت عليه.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٦٣/١٩٩٥ أحوال شخصية جلسة ٣/٢/١٩٩٦ مج القسم الثالث - المجلد الأول ص ٣٥٩)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Personal Status — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 383. PDF pages: 368.

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