Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 699

The Births and Deaths Committee must investigate applications concerning lineage or correction of a name before actions concerning them are instituted. Articles 1, 3, and 4 of Decree-Law 1 of 1988. - The appellant’s request to invalidate a power of attorney issued by one whom he claims is his mother. Through his action, he seeks to establish his lineage to one whose son he claims to be. Failure to submit the matter of lineage to the competent committee. Its effect: inadmissibility of the action as prematurely instituted. This concerns public order, and the court rules on it of its own motion. A judgment declaring the action inadmissible as instituted by a person lacking standing. Requires its cassation.