Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 623

The consolatory payment due to a divorced woman and the time at which it becomes due. - The criterion for assessing and paying the consolatory payment. Its calculation with the basis of the monthly maintenance amount permitted by the husband's circumstances at the time of entitlement, provided it does not exceed one year's maintenance, without stipulating a maximum limit within which it lapses, unless the parties agree otherwise. - Assessment of consolatory maintenance. A factual matter exclusively for the trial judge.