Kuwaiti woman are given right to take decisions concerning her child’s health. This is the first-ever ruling issued following an amendment to the Penal Code.
Event Location
Kuwait , Kuwait
Start Time
16 November 2020, 12:00 AM
End Time
30 November 2020, 12:00 AM
The Kuwait Family Circuit of the Court of Appeals granted a woman the right to take decisions concerning her child’s health.
This is the first-ever ruling issued following an amendment to the Penal Code that had earlier limited this right to only the father, Al Anba daily reported.
The Court of Appeals had overturned the earlier ruling issued by the lower court. The lower court had rejected the case on the grounds that the amended law was preventing the mother’s authority concerning the health of her children.
Representing the mother was Lawyer Mona Al Arbash, who said the court’s ruling granted her client the right to take all necessary steps to treat her children in government and private hospitals and to travel with them for treatment outside the country.
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