Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 376

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

English translation of the principle

The underlying basis for prescribing consolatory maintenance is to redress the loneliness caused by the husband to the woman from whom he has separated and to console her. Divorce occurring with the wife's consent. Effect thereof. No loneliness and no pain, and consequently no entitlement to consolatory maintenance. Example of establishing the wife's marital disobedience.
Arabic original
الأصل في تشريع المتعة هو جبر إيحاش الزوج لمن فارقها ومواساتها. وقوع الطلاق برضاء الزوجة. أثره. لا إيحاش ولا ألم ومن ثم لا استحقاق لنفقة المتعة. مثال لثبوت نشوز الزوجة.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ١١/١٩٩٦ أحوال شخصية جلسة ١٦/١١/١٩٩٦ مج القسم الثالث - المجلد الأول ص ٣٦٠)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Personal Status — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 389. PDF pages: 374.

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