[2017] KEHC 8996 (KLR)

[2017] KEHC 8996 (KLR)

The court found that both parties admitted to irreconcilable differences and had lived separately for three years, satisfying the statutory ground of irretrievable breakdown under Section 65(e) of the Marriage Act, 2014. Neither party proved allegations of cruelty or other matrimonial offences. The court held that...

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Citation
[2017] KEHC 8996 (KLR)
Parties
Petitioner: D W W; Respondent: N A R
Court
High Court
Court Station
High Court at Nairobi (Milimani Law Courts)
Jurisdiction
Kenya
Judgment Date
5 May 2017
Case Number
Divorce Cause 60 of 2014
Procedural Posture
Divorce Cause / Judgment
Outcome
Marriage dissolved on ground of irretrievable breakdown; custody and property issues deferred to appropriate forums; each party to bear own costs.
Judges
MW Muigai
Legal Topics
Divorce, Matrimonial Property, Custody and Access, Irretrievable Breakdown, Maintenance of Children
Source Language
english
Family and Children Divorce Matrimonial Property Custody and Access Irretrievable Breakdown Maintenance of Children

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Parties

D W W

Petitioner

N A R

Respondent

Procedural Posture

Divorce Cause / Judgment

Legal Issues

  1. 1 Whether sufficient evidence exists to warrant the dissolution of the marriage between the parties.
  2. 2 Whether the marriage has irretrievably broken down under Section 65(e) of the Marriage Act, 2014.
  3. 3 How issues of custody, access, visitation, and maintenance of the children should be addressed.

Ratio Decidendi

The court found that both parties admitted to irreconcilable differences and had lived separately for three years, satisfying the statutory ground of irretrievable breakdown under Section 65(e) of the Marriage Act, 2014. Neither party proved allegations of cruelty or other matrimonial offences. The court held that the marriage had irretrievably broken down and ordered its dissolution. Issues of custody, access, visitation, and maintenance of the children were deferred to the ongoing proceedings in the Children’s Court. The court clarified that division of matrimonial property must be pursued under the Matrimonial Property Act, 2013, requiring a separate cause and evidence as per the Act’s...

Court Disposition

Marriage dissolved on ground of irretrievable breakdown; custody and property issues deferred to appropriate forums; each party to bear own costs.

Orders

  • The marriage between the Petitioner and Respondent is dissolved; decree nisi issued to be made absolute within 30 days.
  • Physical custody of the children remains with the Respondent with agreed visitation rights to the Petitioner pending determination of Children Case No. 738 of 2011.