Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 589

The husband may take back his revocably divorced wife by words or deeds, by his sole will. The condition for this. Her being within the waiting period. Its implication. This right is not extinguished by waiver. The reason for this. It entails an alteration of God’s law. Revocation of divorce by words. Its nature. Some is explicit without intention, and some consists of writings dependent upon intention. - Verbal revocation of divorce. Its condition. That it be unconditional and immediately effective in the presence of two male witnesses or one man and two women, or by official attestation, and that the wife be aware of it. - Revocation of divorce in writing is a form of verbal revocation. - The original presumption is absence of revocation. A person relying on what is established originally, apparently, or presumptively does not bear the burden of proof; rather, it falls upon the person asserting what is contrary to the original, apparent, or presumed position.