Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 824

State of Kuwait · Pleadings — Part Two · Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office

English translation of the principle

The female custodian's entitlement to receive the minor's maintenance. Its prerequisite. His being in her care. The reason: authority to expend maintenance depends on actual custody and ceases upon its cessation. Example of a judgment refusing to terminate maintenance because the minor remained in his mother's custody despite issuance of a judgment in favour of the father establishing his custody.
Arabic original
أحقية الحاضنة في قبض نفقة الصغير. مناطه. وجوده في يدها. علة ذلك: أن ولاية الإنفاق تعتمد اليد الممسكة وتزول بزوالها. مثال لرفض الحكم بإسقاط النفقة لاستمرار الصغير في حضانة والدته بالرغم من صدور حكم للوالد بإثبات الحضانة له.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٩٩/٢٠٠٠ أحوال شخصية جلسة ٢٥/٣/٢٠٠١ مج القسم الرابع المجلد الرابع ص٥٦٠)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Two — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 158. PDF pages: 155.

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