Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 7

The failure of the text of Article 8 of Law 51 of 1984 to specify who the guardian is. His definition in jurisprudence as a blood agnate in his own right, whose lineage is not through a female alone, and all brothers are of the same degree. Preference among them is based on the strength of kinship. Agnates being equal in line, degree and strength of kinship. Its consequence. Their equality in the establishment of guardianship for them. Its effect. Guardianship is established for each of them so long as he is free, of age and of sound mind. An example.