Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1086

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

English translation of the principle

Assessment of maintenance of its various kinds and its proportionality to the circumstances of the person obliged to pay it. A matter of fact independently determined by the court of the merits. The condition for this. An example of sound reasoning.
Arabic original
تقدير النفقة بأنواعها وتناسبها مع حالة الملزم بها. واقع تستقل محكمة الموضوع به. شرط ذلك. مثال لتسبيب سائغ.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعنان ٧٩، ٨٢/١٩٩٨ أحوال شخصية جلسة ١٦/٣/١٩٩٩ مج القسم الرابع المجلد الرابع ص٢١٥)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Three — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 171. PDF pages: 168.

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