Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 904

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

English translation of the principle

Women's custody of a female ends upon her marriage and its consummation, as long as the female custodian remains fit for custody. - The presumption is the mother's fitness for custody. Example of reasonable reasoning establishing the female respondent's custody of her daughter.
Arabic original
حضانة النساء للأنثى تنتهي بزواجها والدخول بها مادامت الحاضنة صالحة للحضانة. - الأصل في الأم صلاحيتها للحضانة. مثال لتسبيب سائغ لإثبات حضانة المطعون ضدها لابنتها.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٤٤٣/٢٠٠٥ أحوال شخصية جلسة ١٨/٢/٢٠٠٧ مجلة القضاء والقانون - س ٣٥ - ج ١ ص ٣٧٦)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Personal Status — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 494. PDF pages: 479.

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