Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 861

Women’s custody of a minor. Its termination upon puberty, and for a female upon her marriage and its consummation. The basis thereof. - The female custodian’s entitlement to receive the minor’s maintenance. Its criterion. The child being in her custody. Its implication. The custodian of a girl who has not married and whose marriage has not been consummated has standing to claim and receive her maintenance. - The judgment’s conclusion that the custodian is entitled to claim and receive maintenance for the 2 minor girls from the date she received them, on the basis that neither had married nor had a marriage consummated. No error.