Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 3714

An action for judicial divorce on grounds of harm. The court must attempt reconciliation between the spouses. Impossibility thereof. Its necessary consequence. Appointment of two arbitrators from the spouses' families. Agreement between the arbitrators. Its necessary consequence: the court rules in accordance with their agreement. Their disagreement. The court may appoint a deciding arbitrator from outside the spouses' families and rule in accordance with what they agree upon. Articles 127, 129, 130 and 132 of Law No. 51 of 1984 concerning Personal Status.