Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1935

Maintenance during the waiting period. It is obligatory for a woman observing a waiting period following divorce, annulment, or consummation of an invalid marriage or intercourse under a mistaken belief of lawfulness. Such maintenance is considered a debt owed by the man from the date it becomes obligatory. It is extinguished only by payment or release, and his circumstances of affluence or hardship are taken into account in its assessment. Articles 162, 163 of Law 51/1984. Example.