Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 350

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

English translation of the principle

Application of the law of the father's nationality in the country of guardianship over the person and in custody. Article 43 of Law 5 of 1961. Establishment that the husband is a Saudi national. Its necessary consequence. Application of the Hanbali school to the action. Under the Hanbali school, the mother's travel with the child in her custody to a country in which the marriage contract was concluded. It does not extinguish her right to custody.
Arabic original
سريان قانون جنسية الأب في بلد الولاية على النفس وفي الحضانة. م ٤٣ ق ٥ لسنة ١٩٦١. ثبوت أن الزوج سعودي الجنسية. لازمه. انطباق المذهب الحنبلي على الدعوى. سفر الأم في المذهب الحنبلي بالولد الذي تحضنه إلى بلد تم فيه عقد النكاح. لا يسقط حقها في الحضانة.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٣٣٩/٢٠٠٥ أحوال شخصية جلسة ١٤/١/٢٠٠٧ مجلة القضاء والقانون س٣٥ ج١ ص٣٠٢)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Three — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 71. PDF pages: 68.

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