Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 469

The person pronouncing divorce—in Ja'fari jurisprudence—must have attained puberty, be of sound mind, and act freely without coercion. - Coercion in divorce. Its conditions. Pronouncing divorce when the threatened husband can avert the harm from the threatened person by any means without harm, such as fleeing or seeking assistance from someone who averts the harm from him. Its effect. A valid divorce without coercion. - Understanding the facts of the action, assessing evidence and circumstantial evidence, accepting what is reassuring thereof and discarding the remainder. Within the authority of the court of merits. The condition thereof. Example. - Divorce outside a period of purity. It is an innovated divorce, but is recognized and takes effect judicially, producing all its effects.