Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1177

The court of merits being bound by the claims presented by the parties in the action does not prevent it from adjudicating what necessarily falls within the scope of these claims. The marital claim includes the claim for waiting-period maintenance. The wife's claim for marital maintenance before the court of first instance. Her claim for waiting-period maintenance before the Court of Appeal after her husband's divorce of her has been established. Is not considered a new claim.