Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2529

Dissolution of the marriage contract after consummation. Its effect. The woman's entitlement to compensation. Criteria for determining this compensation. Leaving them to the judiciary according to the circumstances of the case. Its condition. Art. 101 of Law No. 51/1984. The general rule. The entire dower becomes definitively due upon actual consummation, valid seclusion, or the death of either spouse. The case provided for in the aforementioned article is an exception to the rule contained in Article 61 of the same law. Example.