Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1436

Intervention by the Public Prosecution in matters considered to concern public policy, including lineage and correction of names. Mandatory. Omission of this. Its effect. Absolute nullity. The basis and rationale for this. - The female appellant's request to change her surname. Its true nature: a claim of lineage to her remote ancestor requiring intervention by the Public Prosecution. The judgment's adjudication of the action without undertaking this procedure renders it absolutely void on grounds concerning public policy and requires its cassation. This may be invoked at any stage of the action, and the court shall rule on it of its own motion.