Marriage, divorce and khul', custody and visitation, maintenance and paternity: practical guides to Kuwaiti personal status law and Family Court practice. (54 articles)

Overnight Stays with the Non-Custodial Parent in Kuwait (Hosting): When Does the Court Order Them and What If the Custodian Refuses?
22 Sep 2026
Overnight Stays with the Non-Custodial Parent in Kuwait (Hosting): When Does the Court Order Them and What If the Custodian Refuses?

A practical guide to overnight stays and hosting with the non-custodial parent in Kuwait: how...

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A Wife's Right to Work in Kuwait: Can a Husband Stop Her, and How It Affects Maintenance, Obedience and Divorce
22 Sep 2026
A Wife's Right to Work in Kuwait: Can a Husband Stop Her, and How It Affects Maintenance, Obedience and Divorce

When can a husband in Kuwait lawfully object to his wife working? How a work...

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Parents' Maintenance by Children in Kuwait: When Must a Child Support Their Father and Mother, and How Is the Claim Filed?
22 Sep 2026
Parents' Maintenance by Children in Kuwait: When Must a Child Support Their Father and Mother, and How Is the Claim Filed?

When sons and daughters must financially support a needy father or mother under Kuwait's Personal...

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Private School Fees for Children After Divorce in Kuwait: Must the Father Pay, and Who Chooses the School?
22 Sep 2026
Private School Fees for Children After Divorce in Kuwait: Must the Father Pay, and Who Chooses the School?

When a father in Kuwait must pay his children's private school fees after divorce, who...

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Breaking Off an Engagement in Kuwait: Must the Shabka, Gifts and Dowry Be Returned, and When Is Compensation Due?
22 Sep 2026
Breaking Off an Engagement in Kuwait: Must the Shabka, Gifts and Dowry Be Returned, and When Is Compensation Due?

A practical guide to broken engagements under Kuwait's Personal Status Law No. 51 of 1984...

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Kuwait's Public Authority for Minors Affairs: Managing Orphans' Inheritance, Maintenance Payments and Sale of Jointly Owned Property
22 Sep 2026
Kuwait's Public Authority for Minors Affairs: Managing Orphans' Inheritance, Maintenance Payments and Sale of Jointly Owned Property

A practical guide for orphans' families in Kuwait: when the Public Authority for Minors Affairs...

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Online Extortion of Minors in Kuwait: Warning Signs, the Guardian's Role, Reporting, and Protecting the Child Victim
22 Sep 2026
Online Extortion of Minors in Kuwait: Warning Signs, the Guardian's Role, Reporting, and Protecting the Child Victim

A guardian's guide when a child is extorted online in Kuwait: early warning signs, immediate...

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Divorce for Expatriates and Foreign Spouses in Kuwait: Jurisdiction, Applicable Law and Recognition of Judgments
21 Sep 2026
Divorce for Expatriates and Foreign Spouses in Kuwait: Jurisdiction, Applicable Law and Recognition of Judgments

A practical guide to expatriate divorce in Kuwait: when Kuwaiti courts have jurisdiction, which law...

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Children's Travel and a Parent's Refusal to Hand Over a Child in Kuwait: Legal Protection
21 Sep 2026
Children's Travel and a Parent's Refusal to Hand Over a Child in Kuwait: Legal Protection

A practical guide to children's travel documents, custody versus guardianship, obtaining or opposing travel permission,...

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A Kuwaiti Marrying a Non-Kuwaiti: Documentation, Approvals, Residency and Children
16 Sep 2026
A Kuwaiti Marrying a Non-Kuwaiti: Documentation, Approvals, Residency and Children

A practical overview of marriage between a Kuwaiti and a non-Kuwaiti spouse: documenting and attesting...

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Polygamy Under Kuwaiti Law: Conditions, Rights and the Duty of Fairness Between Wives
16 Sep 2026
Polygamy Under Kuwaiti Law: Conditions, Rights and the Duty of Fairness Between Wives

A clear guide to polygamy under Kuwait's Personal Status Law No. 51 of 1984: the...

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Salary Garnishment in Kuwait: Permitted Limits, Priority of Maintenance Debts, and How to Object
16 Sep 2026
Salary Garnishment in Kuwait: Permitted Limits, Priority of Maintenance Debts, and How to Object

A practical guide to salary garnishment in Kuwait: its legal basis in the Procedure Law,...

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