Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 715

Methods of establishing parentage. The marital bed, acknowledgment, and evidence. What is meant by the marital bed: a valid marriage subsisting at the commencement of pregnancy with the child. The reason for this. - Establishment of parentage through the marital bed. Its basis is a valid marriage contract. Its condition. - The minimum gestation period is 6 months, by consensus of Sunni and Shiite jurists. The maximum gestation period is 1 year. An example of adequate reasoning for dismissal of an action to deny the respondent's parentage in relation to the appellant and rejection of his request to refer her to forensic medicine for DNA testing.