Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 691

The Personal Status Law alone must be applied in matters of marriage, as a special law. An offer by the wife's guardian and acceptance by the husband, or by their respective substitutes, suffice for the conclusion of marriage. The requirement that both spouses possess capacity for marriage, consisting of sanity and puberty. Equal treatment of the insane and the mentally deficient regarding capacity for marriage. The marriage contract of either must be concluded by his guardian of the person, according to the order of inheritance. Multiple guardians of equal degree. Its implication. The court's selection of the most suitable among them. Absence of an agnatic relative or a guardian of the person recognized by law. Its necessary consequence. The judge's guardianship, as the holder of general guardianship acting on behalf of the ruler.