Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 864

The rent for accommodation for the custody of a minor is borne by his father, with no one else sharing it. Exception. The female custodian's ownership - 485 - Personal Status of accommodation in which she actually resides or which has been allocated for her residence. Ownership means ownership of the property and its usufruct, or of the usufruct alone. - Issuance of a final judgment providing for the appellant to prepare a Sharia-compliant dwelling allocated for the wife's residence. Its effect. She is not entitled to rent for another dwelling for the custody of the minors. The judgment's contravention of this renders it defective and requires its partial cassation in this respect.