Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 433

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

English translation of the principle

Application of the law of the father's nationality in the country of guardianship over the person and in custody. Article 43 of Law 5 of 1961. Establishment that the husband is a Saudi national. Its necessary consequence. Application of the Hanbali school to the action. The mother's travelling, under the Hanbali school, with the child in her custody to a country where the marriage contract was concluded. It does not extinguish her right to custody.
Arabic original
سريان قانون جنسية الأب في بلد الولاية على النفس وفي الحضانة. م ٤٣ ق ٥ لسنة ١٩٦١. ثبوت أن الزوج سعودي الجنسية . لازمه. انطباق المذهب الحنبلي على الدعوى. سفر الأم في المذهب الحنبلي بالولد الذي تحضنه إلى بلد تم فيه عقد النكاح. لا يسقط حقها في الحضانة.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٣٣٩/٢٠٠٥ أحوال شخصية جلسة ١٤/١/٢٠٠٧ مجلة القضاء والقانون س ٣٥ ج ١ ص ٣٠٢)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 10 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 94. PDF pages: 94.

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