Mother files police complaint after ex-husband allegedly takes son abroad
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- A mother in Kuwait filed a police complaint accusing her former husband, a non-Kuwaiti national, of taking their young son abroad.
- She said the child did not arrive for a scheduled court-ordered visitation and that she later learned the father had left the country with him.
- The Public Prosecution ordered the case registered and directed criminal investigators to determine the child’s whereabouts.
A mother in Kuwait has filed a police complaint against her former husband, accusing him of taking their young son abroad after the child failed to appear for a court-ordered visitation appointment.
The woman, born in 1988, said she waited for her son, born in 2019, at the appointed time. When the child did not arrive, she contacted her former husband and reportedly learned that he had left the country with the boy.
She then went to a police station and lodged a complaint. The Public Prosecution ordered authorities to register the case and instructed the Criminal Investigation Department to establish the child’s whereabouts and take the necessary legal measures.
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Originally published by Arab Times in English. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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