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Family law RS/INJUST/RC 00005/2022/HC/KIG

RUKUNDO v. MUHONGERWA

The High Court granted divorce after both spouses accepted that their marriage had irretrievably broken down, and it allocated child support and property division.

  • Divorce
  • Parental responsibility
  • Division of matrimonial property
  • Child maintenance
  • Child-maintenance
  • Parental-responsibility
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Family law RS/INJUST/RC 00008/2022/HC

INGABIRE v. SAFARI

The High Court held that divorce by mutual consent requires a joint application, not separate petitions relying on a notarial agreement. The prior judgment was set aside.

  • Divorce
  • Division of matrimonial property
  • Child custody
  • Child support
  • Contractual agreements in divorce
  • Debt allocation
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Family law RCAA 00006/2022/HC/KIG

ABOYEZANTIJE v UWIMANA

High Court appeal in a divorce and property dispute, confirming divorce for abandonment and cruelty, while modifying child custody orders for the children.

  • Divorce
  • Division of matrimonial property
  • Child custody
  • Maintenance
  • Tax liability
  • Loan responsibility
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Family law RCAA 00025/2022/CA

MURENZI RUKATA vs RWIGAMBA

The Court of Appeal held that a divorce judgment requiring a parent to pay school fees remains enforceable even without a specified amount, and upheld reimbursement to the paying parent.

  • Divorce consequences
  • Child maintenance
  • School fees liability
  • Reimbursement of expenses
  • Costs and attorney fees
  • Family-law
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Family law RCA 00006/2023/CA

Dr GAHIMBARE vs Dr BARIBWIRA

The Court of Appeal held that procedural non-compliance does not justify a second appeal and upheld the objection that the appeal was outside its jurisdiction.

  • Divorce
  • Jurisdiction
  • Recognition of foreign judgments
  • Procedural objections
  • Civil-procedure
  • Family-law
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Family law RS/INJUST/RC00007/2022/HC/MUS

NYIRANTEZIMANA V NTIBANKUNDIYE N’UNDI

The High Court dissolved the marriage, divided the spouses’ property, awarded custody of the child to the mother, and declined damages.

  • Divorce
  • Division of matrimonial property
  • Child custody
  • Damages
  • Matrimonial-property
  • Child-custody
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Private international law RS/INJUST/RC 00024/2022/SC

NZANIRA v POPPE

The Supreme Court held that Belgian divorce and custody judgments met Rwanda’s exequatur requirements and ordered them enforced in Rwanda.

  • Exequatur
  • Recognition of foreign judgments
  • Divorce
  • Child custody
  • Best interests of the child
  • Recognition-of-foreign-judgments
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Family law RCAA 00002/2021/HC/NYZ (

MUNYANDINDA v MUKAMURENZI

The High Court upheld a divorce between Munyandinda Charles and Mukamurenzi Fausta, ordered equal division of assets, and awarded custody to the mother.

  • Divorce
  • Division of matrimonial property
  • Child custody
  • Child maintenance
  • Matrimonial-property-division
  • Child-custody
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Private international law RCA 00005/2021/CA

Re Mukashyaka

The Court of Appeal held that a Canadian child-maintenance order met Rwanda’s exequatur requirements and should be enforced in Rwanda.

  • Exequatur of foreign judgments
  • Child maintenance
  • Divorce
  • Enforcement of foreign court orders
  • Exequatur
  • Foreign-judgment-enforcement
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Family law RS/INJUST/RC00016/2019/CA

SUCCESSION KABAGEMA v SIBORUREMA N’ABANDI

The Court of Appeal held that reconciliation extinguished the divorce, restoring Kabagema Annonciata’s standing to pursue return of property used for child maintenance.

  • Divorce
  • Reconciliation
  • Child maintenance
  • Succession
  • Division of matrimonial property
  • Family-law
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