Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 763

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

English translation of the principle

The minimum gestation period is six months by consensus of Sunni and Shiite jurists. The maximum gestation period is one year. Example of reasonable grounds for dismissing an action to deny the respondent’s filiation to the appellant and rejecting his request to refer her to forensic medicine for DNA testing.
Arabic original
أقل مدة حمل ستة أشهر بإجماع فقهاء السنة والشيعة. أقصى مدة حمل سنة. مثال لتسبيب سائغ لرفض دعوى نفي نسب المطعون ضدها إلى الطاعن ورفض طلبه بإحالتها للطب الشرعي لفحص البصمة الوراثية.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٤٥٠/٢٠٠٥ أحوال شخصية جلسة ٣/١٢/٢٠٠٦ مج القسم الخامس المجلد السادس ص٣١١)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Three — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 129. PDF pages: 126.

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