PMM v MGM (Civil Suit 81 of 2019) [2025] KEHC 9537 (KLR) (Family) (3 July 2025) (Judgment)
- Court
- High Court of Kenya
- Case number
- 9537
- Citation
- [2025] KEHC 9537 (KLR)
- Decided
- 3 July 2025
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TypeCivil SuitPostureAppeal from the original trial outcomeCoramHK CHEMITEI, KC
Holding
The court declared the suit properties as jointly owned by the parties and distributed them equally. The defendant was restrained from alienating the properties and compelled to release personal items.
Facts
The parties were married in 2011 and separated in 2015. They have a child together and both worked at the time of marriage. The suit properties include a house, vehicles, and land.
Issues
- Whether the suit properties are jointly owned
- Whether the properties should be distributed equally
- Whether the defendant can alienate the properties
- Whether the defendant should release personal items
- Whether the properties constitute matrimonial properties
- Whether the applicant made any contribution to the properties
- Whether the defendant withheld any personal items
Reasoning
The court found that the properties were acquired during the subsistence of the marriage and were jointly owned. The court also found that the applicant made a contribution to the properties and should be compensated accordingly.
Outcome
Appeal upheld
Orders
- Declaration of jointly owned properties
- Distribution of properties equally
- Restraint on alienation of properties
- Compulsion to release personal items
Remedies
- Declaration of jointly owned properties
- Distribution of properties equally
- Restraint on alienation of properties
- Compulsion to release personal items
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