Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 41

The law applicable to a divorce action. It is the law of the last nationality acquired by the spouses during the marriage and before the divorce or before the divorce action was brought. Absence of a common nationality. Its effect. Application of the husband's law at the time of the contract. The basis for that. - Invoking a foreign law is a material fact that the litigants must prove. Failure to do so. Its effect. Application of the Kuwaiti Personal Status Law as the law of the forum. The judgment adhering to this view. Correct.