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Family-law [2017] MWHC 828

Edwin Soko v Joyce Soko

Edwin Soko v Joyce Soko (Civil Appeal 61 of 2011) [2017] MWHC 828 (30 October 2017)

Appeal over division of matrimonial property after divorce. The court held the assets were joint property and ordered sale, with proceeds shared by specified proportions.

  • Matrimonial-property-distribution
  • Divorce
  • Custody
  • Domestic-violence
  • Matrimonial-property
  • Property-division
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Family-law [2008] MWHC 41

Kadziponye v Assani (24 of 2006)

Kadziponye v Assani (24 of 2006) [2008] MWHC 41 (30 January 2008)

The High Court upheld the lower court’s division of matrimonial property, but added K10,000 compensation for the respondent’s burning of the appellant’s clothes.

  • Matrimonial-property-distribution
  • Customary-marriage
  • Compensation-for-property-damage
  • Domestic-violence
  • Family-law
  • Matrimonial-property
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Family-law [2007] MWHC 127

Vaux v Vaux (9 of 2006)

Vaux v Vaux (9 of 2006) [2007] MWHC 127 (27 December 2007)

The High Court of Malawi dissolved the marriage for cruelty and made child maintenance orders after finding evidence of abuse, neglect, and non-support.

  • Divorce
  • Maintenance
  • Child-custody
  • Domestic-violence
  • Cruelty
  • Child-support
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