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R M v C O [2017] KEHC 9061 (KLR)

[2017] KEHC 9061 (KLR) High Court of Kenya
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Court
High Court of Kenya
Case number
9061
Citation
[2017] KEHC 9061 (KLR)
Decided
15 June 2017
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TypeDivorcePostureRespondent filed a cross-petition for divorceCoramA.O. MUCHELULE
Holding

The court grants the order for the dissolution of the marriage

Facts

The petitioner and respondent were married on 16th November 2011, but the petitioner left the country on 9th December 2011 and did not return. The respondent filed a divorce petition on grounds of cruelty and irretrievable breakdown of marriage.

Issues

  1. Irretrievable breakdown of marriage
  2. Cruelty

Reasoning

The parties have lived apart for about five years without communication, and there is nothing left of the marriage.

Outcome

Decree nisi for divorce issued, to become absolute after 30 days

Orders

  • Decree nisi for divorce
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