Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 866

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

English translation of the principle

The female custodian's entitlement to receive the minor's maintenance. Its basis. His being in her care. The reason: authority over maintenance depends on actual care and ceases when it ceases. An example of refusal to order termination of maintenance because the minor remained in his mother's custody despite issuance of a judgment for the father establishing his custody.
Arabic original
أحقية الحاضنة في قبض نفقة الصغير. مناطه. وجوده في يدها. علة ذلك: ولاية الإنفاق تعتمد اليد الممسكة وتزول بزوالها. مثال لرفض الحكم بإسقاط النفقة لاستمرار الصغير في حضانة والدته بالرغم من صدور حكم للوالد بإثبات الحضانة له.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٩٩/٢٠٠٠ أحوال شخصية جلسة ٢٥/٣/٢٠٠٠ مج القسم الرابع - المجلد الأول ص ٦٠٤)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Personal Status — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 486. PDF pages: 471.

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