KUWAIT CITY, March 20: The Civil Commercial Court recently ruled that a female citizen has the right to obtain a document affirming ownership of the marital home without the need to obtain her ex-husband’s signature, reports Al- Anba daily. Attorney Alaa Al-Saeedi, lawyer for the female citizen, filed a case against the ex-husband and the concerned government authorities; stating that her client constructed the marital home in 2012, but her husband divorced her in 2016 and refused to give her the house.

Al-Saeedi presented to the court the electricity receipts that her client paid, in addition to documents proving she spent money on building the house and this was attested by the experts’ management report. The lawyer then called for amending the Housing Law, so the citizens are treated fairly and the court procedures are simplified for them. She argued the State provides housing care for the family, the basis of which is the custodial right of the wife after the divorce.