Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 35

Summary: - Trousseau and household effects. Their meaning. A dispute between spouses concerning them. Falls within the jurisdiction of the Personal Status Circuit at first instance and on appeal. Article 345 of Law 51 of 1984. Rule: It is established in this Court’s jurisprudence that what is meant by trousseau and household effects—pursuant to Article 73 of Law No. 51 of 1984 concerning Personal Status—is everything brought by both spouses or either of them after consummation of the marriage that is required for use in the matrimonial home. This means that the dispute between the spouses over the movables in the present action is among the matters falling within the jurisdiction of the Personal Status Circuit of the Court of First Instance and the Court of Appeal pursuant to Article 345 of Law No. 51 of 1984 concerning Personal Status.