Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 642

State of Kuwait · Personal Status · Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office

English translation of the principle

The rule is the divorced woman's entitlement to consolatory maintenance after consummation. Exception. The cases exhaustively specified by law, including separation for harm where the cause is attributable to the wife and divorce with her consent. The wife's resort to the judge to divorce her from her husband because of his harming her. It is not considered her consent to judicial divorce. Example.
Arabic original
الأصل هو استحقاق المطلقة لنفقة المتُعة بعد الدخول. الاستثناء. الحالات الواردة بالقانون على سبيل الحصر ومنها التفريق للضرر إذا كان بسبب من الزوجة والطلاق برضاها. لجوء الزوجة للقاضي لتطليقها من زوجها بسبب مضارته لها. لا يعتبر رضاءً منها بالتطليق. مثال.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ١٧٨/٢٠٠٠ أحوال شخصية جلسة ١٩/٢/٢٠٠٦ مج القسم الخامس - المجلد الثاني ص ١٦٤)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Personal Status — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 442. PDF pages: 427.

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