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The Kadhi's Court refused to overturn a default divorce decree because the applicant proved neither poor service of notice nor a good reason
Nairobi's Kadhi's Court dissolved a marriage after finding a husband failed, without justification, to maintain his wife and three children.
Kenya's Kadhi's Court upheld a contested Muslim marriage, declared the children legitimate, and ordered the father to maintain them, though
A Kenyan Kadhis Court upheld an oral talaq divorce, granted the mother custody, and ordered the father to pay child maintenance but nothing
A Kenyan Kadhis' Court declared a woman's second marriage void because she was never divorced, and ordered her back to her matrimonial home.
A Kenyan Kadhi's Court overturned a succession ruling after finding the petitioner gave false information, redistributing an Islamic-law est
A Nairobi Kadhi's Court dissolved a broken Islamic marriage, split custody between parents, but rejected the wife's unpaid dower claim for l
Kenya's Kadhi's Court confirmed a woman irrevocably divorced must observe eddat, and her ex-husband must maintain and house her during that
A Nairobi Kadhi's Court declared a mother the rightful heir of her two deceased daughters after her other children agreed to give up their i
Kenya's Kadhi's Court confirmed it can hear child custody and maintenance disputes between Muslims, rejecting an argument that only Children
A Nairobi Kadhi's Court ruled that grandchildren cannot inherit from their grandparent's estate while the grandparent's own children are sti
A Nairobi Kadhis' Court dissolved a marriage on grounds of cruelty and ordered the husband to pay three months' maintenance plus a consolato
Kenya's Kadhi's Court confirmed that Muslim law governs how a deceased Muslim's estate is shared, granting a son probate and fixed inheritan
A Kenyan Kadhi's Court dismissed a family's succession claim because the applicant missed the hearing, showing attendance at hearings is ess
A Nairobi Kadhi's Court granted a couple divorce after both agreed the marriage had failed, showing mutual neglect can end an Islamic marria
Kenya's Kadhi's Court granted a divorce for an irretrievably broken Muslim marriage, but left claims for custody, maintenance and mehr unres
A Kenyan Kadhi's Court dissolved a marriage on grounds of cruelty, gave the mother custody, and ordered the father to pay child maintenance.
Nairobi's Kadhi's Court granted a divorce on grounds of cruelty and approved a settlement giving the wife the Lamu matrimonial home, cash, a
A Nairobi Kadhi's Court confirmed that an oral talaq pronounced before witnesses is valid under Islamic law, and issued the divorce certific
Kenya's Kadhi's Court dissolved a broken marriage, gave the mother custody, ordered child support, and recognised a wife's unpaid work in th
A Kenyan Kadhi's Court dissolved an Islamic marriage but granted custody to the father because the child had lived with him for a year, show
A Kenyan Kadhis Court ruled that a father who gifted land only to his sons acted unjustly under Islamic law, so his daughters got the plot.
A Nairobi Kadhis' Court sent a father to civil jail for up to six months for persistently refusing to pay court-ordered child maintenance.