Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 4254

The female custodian’s entitlement to rent for the dwelling of the child in custody. Its criterion. That she does not own a dwelling in which she resides or which is allocated for her residence. Ownership includes undivided ownership. The judgment’s departure from this and its ruling that the female custodian is entitled to rent for the custody dwelling on the ground that her ownership is undivided. An error requiring cassation of the judgment. - Inheritance is one of the means of acquiring ownership under Sharia.