Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 453

Matrimonial household effects are everything brought by both spouses together or by either of them that is required for use in the matrimonial home by either or both of them. Disputes over these effects. Their inclusion within personal status matters. Article 73 of Law 51 of 1984. - Disputes between spouses concerning the movables of the matrimonial home. Are personal status matters. The necessary consequence. The personal status divisions at both levels of litigation and the Court of Cassation have jurisdiction to hear them, to the exclusion of all other divisions, whether the claim is for those effects in kind or their cash equivalent. Article 345 of Law 51 of 1984.