Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 851

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

English translation of the principle

Women’s custody of a female does not end upon her attaining a particular age. Rather, it ends upon her marriage and its consummation. - The female custodian in whose care the female is has the right to receive her maintenance and the authority to claim it. The judgment’s contravention of that renders it defective.
Arabic original
حضانة النساء للأنثى لا تنتهي ببلوغها سناً معيناً. وإنما بزواجها والدخول بها. - للحاضنة التي في يدها الأنثى الحق في قبض نفقتها وولاية المطالبة بها. مخالفة الحكم لذلك يعيبه.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ١١٤/١٩٩٥ أحوال شخصية جلسة ٣/٥/١٩٩٧ مج القسم الرابع - المجلد الأول ص ٥٩٢)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Personal Status — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 483. PDF pages: 468.

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