Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2521

Marital maintenance according to the Maliki school does not lapse except by payment or release. - The rule barring the hearing of a wife’s maintenance action for a prior period exceeding two years ending on the date the action is brought, contained in Law 51/1984. A substantive rule that does not apply to facts legal positions preceding the date the Law entered into force. These positions are subject to the law in force when they arose. Example.