[2012] KEHC 5253 (KLR)

[2012] KEHC 5253 (KLR)

The court found that the Respondent's alcoholism and associated conduct, including physical and emotional abuse, constituted cruelty towards the Petitioner and the minors. The evidence of adultery was insufficient to meet the required standard of proof. The allegations of desertion and cruelty by the Petitioner were dismissed as unsubstantiated, with the court finding that her departure from the matrimonial home was necessitated by the Respondent's cruelty. Consequently, the marriage was found to have irretrievably broken down due to the Respondent's conduct, warranting its dissolution. The Cross-Petition was dismissed for lack of evidence. The court adopted the parties' consent on...

Citation
[2012] KEHC 5253 (KLR)
Parties
Applicant: K.D.K.C.; Respondent: A.S.P.
Court
High Court
Court Station
High Court at Nairobi (Milimani Commercial Courts)
Jurisdiction
Kenya
Judgment Date
13 January 2012
Case Number
Divorce Cause 128 of 2009
Procedural Posture
Divorce Cause / Judgment
Outcome
Petition allowed; Cross-Petition dismissed; marriage dissolved; orders on property, maintenance, and custody issued by consent; no order as to costs.
Judges
I Lenaola
Legal Topics
Divorce, Matrimonial Property, Child Maintenance, Custody and Access
Source Language
English
Family and Children Divorce Matrimonial Property Child Maintenance Custody and Access

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Parties

K.D.K.C.

Applicant

A.S.P.

Respondent

Procedural Posture

Divorce Cause / Judgment

Legal Issues

  1. 1 Whether the marriage between the Petitioner and Respondent has irretrievably broken down.
  2. 2 Whether the Respondent was guilty of cruelty and adultery as alleged by the Petitioner.
  3. 3 Whether the Petitioner was guilty of desertion and cruelty as alleged in the Cross-Petition.

Ratio Decidendi

The court found that the Respondent's alcoholism and associated conduct, including physical and emotional abuse, constituted cruelty towards the Petitioner and the minors. The evidence of adultery was insufficient to meet the required standard of proof. The allegations of desertion and cruelty by the Petitioner were dismissed as unsubstantiated, with the court finding that her departure from the matrimonial home was necessitated by the Respondent's cruelty. Consequently, the marriage was found to have irretrievably broken down due to the Respondent's conduct, warranting its dissolution. The Cross-Petition was dismissed for lack of evidence. The court adopted the parties' consent on...

Court Disposition

Petition allowed; Cross-Petition dismissed; marriage dissolved; orders on property, maintenance, and custody issued by consent; no order as to costs.

Orders

  • Marriage between the parties dissolved; decree nisi to issue forthwith and to be made absolute within thirty (30) days.
  • L.R. No. [...] to be registered in the name of the Petitioner to hold in trust for the minors.