Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 3098

The wife's maintenance. The condition for its being obligatory. That she surrender herself to her husband, even constructively. Its basis: the valid marriage contract by which she is bound for the husband's right, so that her maintenance becomes due from his property even if she is in her father's house, ready to obey him, and she is deemed so from the time of the contract. Her refusal to do so without justification. Its effect: the husband may obtain a judgment requiring her to enter into obedience to him. That judgment becoming final and being served upon her without her complying with it. She is deemed disobedient and her maintenance is forfeited.