Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 411

The substantive provisions of the law of the husband's nationality at the time of the marriage contract apply to the effects produced by the marriage contract. As for procedural provisions, recourse is to Kuwaiti law as the law of the judge before whom the dispute is brought. Article 39 of Law 5 of 1961. - A wife's disobedience. It is established only by her refusal to comply with a final judgment of obedience. Article 87/2 of Personal Status Law No. 51 of 1984. An example. - 89 - The law - The challenged judgment's award of maintenance to the respondent on the basis that she is not considered disobedient because the appellant had not obtained a final judgment requiring her obedience to him which she refused to execute. It has correctly applied the law.