Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 869

Adoption of the school of Imam Malik as the general law under the Kuwaiti Personal Status Law, or non-adoption thereof and application of the particular schools. Its basis. The dispute concerning the personal status of these schools. The criterion therefor. The relationship from which or because of which the dispute arose, the parties to that relationship, and its adoption or non-adoption of this school, as it constitutes the subject of the litigation - 486 - Personal Status and its subject matter. Example concerning custody. - Custody of a son lacking discernment under the Ja'fari school. To the mother his reaching seven years or eight or above up to puberty. The father is more entitled to him if male, and his rank precedes that of the grandmother.