Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 402

State of Kuwait · Civil Matters — Volume 10 · Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office

English translation of the principle

The law applicable in a divorce action. It is the law of the last nationality acquired by the spouses during the marriage and before the divorce or before the action for it was brought. Absence of a common nationality. Its effect. Application of the husband's law at the time of the contract. The basis thereof.
Arabic original
القانون الواجب التطبيق في دعوى الطلاق. هو قانون آخر جنسية اكتسبها الزوجان أثناء الزواج وقبل الطلاق أو قبل رفع الدعوى بها. عدم وجود جنسية مشتركة . أثره . سريان قانون الزوج وقت العقد. أساس ذلك.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ١٩٠/٩٩ أحوال شخصية جلسة ٨/٤/٢٠٠٠ مج القسم الرابع - المجلد الخامس ص ٧٥٠)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 10 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 88. PDF pages: 88.

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