Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 422

Assessment of maintenance of its various kinds, its increase or decrease, the means of the person liable for it, and the female custodian's need for a servant. A matter of fact. - Lapse of spousal maintenance. It occurs only after her disobedience has been established. - The means of proving disobedience. A procedural matter. Kuwaiti law must be applied thereto as the law of the judge before whom the dispute is brought. - The wife's disobedience. It is established only by her refusal to comply with the final judgment of obedience. Article 87/9 of Law 51/1984.