Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 602

The trial court’s obligation to adhere to the requests presented by the litigants in the action does not prevent it from adjudicating what necessarily and factually falls within the scope of those requests. A claim for marital maintenance includes a claim for waiting-period maintenance. The wife’s claim for marital maintenance before the court of first instance. Her request for maintenance before the appellate court after her husband’s divorce of her is established. Is not considered a new request.