Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 565

An action for divorce on grounds of harm. The court may attempt reconciliation between the spouses. Impossibility of this. Consequence. Appointment of two arbitrators from the spouses' families. Agreement of the two arbitrators. Necessary consequence: the court rules in accordance with what they agreed upon. Their disagreement. The court may appoint a deciding arbitrator from outside the spouses' families and rule in accordance with what they agreed upon. Articles 127, 129, 130, 132 of Law No. 51 of 1984 concerning Personal Status. - 426 - Personal Status