Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 845

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

English translation of the principle

The female custodian may travel with the child in custody to any country without the guardian's permission so long as the travel is temporary and not intended for residence and settlement. - The right conferred on the legal representative of a person of diminished capacity to require his consent for that person to be granted a passport is subject, like other rights, to the rule against diverting it from its purpose or social function. Its effect. Recourse to the courts is permissible to obtain a judgment establishing entitlement to obtain a passport for the person of diminished capacity whenever the legal representative's abuse of his right is established.
Arabic original
للحاضنة أن تسافر بالمحضون لأية دولة بغير إذن الولي مادام السفر مؤقتاً وليس بقصد الإقامة والاستقرار. - الحق المخول للممثل القانوني لناقص الأهلية من اشتراط موافقته لمنح ناقص الأهلية جواز سفر يخضع كسائر الحقوق لقاعدة عدم الانحراف به عن الغرض منه أو عن وظيفته الاجتماعية. أثره. جواز اللجوء للقضاء للحصول على حكم بالأحقية في استخراج جواز سفر لناقص الأهلية متى ثبت تعسف الممثل القانوني في استعمال حقه.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٨/١٩٩٤ مدني جلسة ٢٧/٦/١٩٩٤ مج القسم الثالث - المجلد الأول ص ٣٥٢)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Personal Status — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 482. PDF pages: 467.

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