Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 831

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

English translation of the principle

The mother has priority in custody of her child in the Ja'fari school, followed by the father. Custody lapses upon the mother's waiver or her marriage to an unrelated man. The effect of the mother's loss of custody. Its transfer to the father. The father's custody does not lapse upon his waiver.
Arabic original
الأم أحق بحضانة ولدها في المذهب الجعفري ويليها الأب. سقوط الحضانة بإسقاط الأم أو بزواجها من أجنبي. أثر سقوطها عن الأم. انتقالها إلى الأب. حضانة الأب لا تسقط بإسقاطه.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ١٨/١٩٨٧ أحوال شخصية جلسة ١٤/١٢/١٩٨٧ مج القسم الثاني - المجلد الأول ص ٢٥٧)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Personal Status — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 480. PDF pages: 465.

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