[2023] KEHC 26024 (KLR)

[2023] KEHC 26024 (KLR)

The court held that since no grant of letters of administration had been issued to the original petitioner, Dinah Akeyo Adongo, who subsequently died, there could be no substitution or continuation of the proceedings in this file. The matter was deemed to have abated, and the file was ordered closed. The applicant,...

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Citation
[2023] KEHC 26024 (KLR)
Parties
Applicant: Dinah Akeyo Adongo; Applicant: Filida Atieno Ndinya
Court
High Court
Court Station
High Court at Kisumu
Jurisdiction
Kenya
Case Number
Succession Cause 719 of 2015
Procedural Posture
Succession Cause / Ruling on File Closure Due to Death of Petitioner and Absence of Grant
Outcome
File closed; no further proceedings possible in this cause.
Judges
RE Aburili
Legal Topics
Succession Proceedings, Grant of Letters of Administration, Death of Petitioner
Source Language
en
Family and Children Succession Proceedings Grant of Letters of Administration Death of Petitioner

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Parties

Dinah Akeyo Adongo

Applicant

Filida Atieno Ndinya

Applicant

Procedural Posture

Succession Cause / Ruling on File Closure Due to Death of Petitioner and Absence of Grant

Legal Issues

  1. 1 Whether the succession cause can proceed in the absence of a grant of letters of administration.
  2. 2 Whether substitution is possible when no grant has been issued and the petitioner is deceased.

Ratio Decidendi

The court held that since no grant of letters of administration had been issued to the original petitioner, Dinah Akeyo Adongo, who subsequently died, there could be no substitution or continuation of the proceedings in this file. The matter was deemed to have abated, and the file was ordered closed. The applicant, Filida Atieno Ndinya, was directed to pursue a fresh petition for a grant of letters of administration before the appropriate court.

Court Disposition

File closed; no further proceedings possible in this cause.

Orders

  • This file is closed.