Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 703

Denial of a child's parentage. Its condition. That it be within 7 days of the time of birth or knowledge thereof and that the father must not - 452 - Personal Status have acknowledged the child expressly or implicitly. - An action for li'an (mutual imprecation). Its procedures must be undertaken within 15 days of the time of birth or knowledge thereof. - The judge's denial of the child's parentage after conducting li'an between the man and woman. Its effect. No maintenance is due to the child from him, the child does not inherit from him, and the child is affiliated with the mother. - Rules concerning the admissibility of actions for li'an and denial of parentage. Some appear in Kuwaiti law. Matters for which no provision exists. Recourse is to the prevalent opinion in the school of Imam Malik. Articles 176, 177, 178 of Law 51/1984 concerning Personal Status. Example. - Li'an under Malik's school may only be undertaken by a husband who accuses his wife of adultery without the existence of 4 witnesses. Exemption from the prescribed punishment for false accusation of adultery. Its condition. His seeing his wife in the act of adultery. Failure to fulfil this. His being considered a false accuser.