NNN v DKC (Civil Suit E081 of 2021) [2025] KEHC 288 (KLR) (Civ) (23 January 2025) (Judgment)
- Court
- High Court of Kenya
- Case number
- 288
- Citation
- [2025] KEHC 288 (KLR)
- Decided
- 23 January 2025
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TypeCivil SuitPostureAppeal from the original trial outcomeCoramHK CHEMITEI
Holding
The court declares the properties as matrimonial properties.
Facts
NNN and DKC are in a divorce case. NNN seeks to declare the properties as matrimonial properties and to restrain DKC from selling or disposing of them. The properties include a land, a motor vehicle, a motorcycle, a M-Pesa business, a shop, livestock, and household goods.
Issues
- Whether the suit properties constitute matrimonial properties.
- Whether the applicant contributed towards the acquisition and the development of the matrimonial properties.
- Whether the applicant is entitled to an equal share or such higher proportion of the matrimonial properties.
Reasoning
The court found that the properties are matrimonial properties as they were jointly owned and acquired during the subsistence of the marriage.
Outcome
The court declares the properties as matrimonial properties.
Orders
- To restrain the Respondent from selling, transferring, alienating or disposing of the suit properties pending the outcome of the divorce cause.
- To restrain the Respondent from selling, transferring, alienating or disposing of the suit properties unless done as per the court's order.
Remedies
- To restrain the Respondent from selling, transferring, alienating or disposing of the suit properties pending the outcome of the divorce cause.
- To restrain the Respondent from selling, transferring, alienating or disposing of the suit properties unless done as per the court's order.
Authorities cited
Legislation (1)
- Matrimonial Property Act No. 49 of 2013
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