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A Moyale Kadhi's Court dissolved a broken 25-year marriage, gave the mother physical custody, and ordered the father to pay child maintenanc
Kenya's Kadhi's Court refused to end a marriage because the wife could not prove adultery or cruelty, stressing that evidence rules in Kadhi
A Kenyan Kadhi's Court dissolved a broken Islamic marriage, giving the mother physical custody of the children while the father keeps legal
A Marsabit Kadhi's Court dissolved an Islamic marriage via khulu, ordering the wife to return her dowry and splitting custody of five childr
A Marsabit Kadhi's Court dissolved a marriage over proven mistreatment, ordered unpaid dowry of KShs 60,000, gave the mother custody, and al
A Marsabit Kadhi's Court granted a wife a Khul'u divorce where she feared for her life, ordering her to refund her dowry while the father al
A Moyale Kadhi's Court dissolved an Islamic marriage on proven cruelty and desertion, granted an immediate divorce certificate, and ordered
Kenya's Kadhi's Court in Marsabit dissolved a Muslim marriage, ruled children past puberty stay with their father, and ordered the wife to f
A Moyale Kadhi's Court dissolved an Islamic marriage where a husband deserted his wife for three years and failed to maintain her.
A Marsabit Kadhi's Court dissolved a marriage ruined by in-law interference, ordering the wife to return dowry and granting the husband chil
The Busia Kadhis' Court dissolved an Islamic marriage, gave the mother custody of the three children, and required the father to pay monthly
A Kenyan Kadhi's Court dissolved an Islamic marriage, gave the mother custody of the three children, ordered the father to pay monthly suppo
A Kenyan Kadhi's Court ruled that a house built on a grandfather's plot belongs to his estate, securing the widow and children a share throu
Kenya's Kadhi's Court dissolved an irretrievably broken marriage, giving the mother physical custody of the child while the father keeps leg
A Moyale Kadhi's Court ruled that money raised for a family after someone dies is not part of the estate, and the widowed mother keeps custo
A Garbatulla Kadhi's Court dissolved a Muslim marriage on Khul'ah terms, requiring the wife to return her dowry but rejecting unproven divor
A Kenyan Kadhi's Court dissolved a broken marriage, gave the mother custody, and ordered the father to pay child maintenance regardless of e
A Moyale Kadhi's Court dissolved a broken marriage and ordered the husband to pay dowry and support his children, even while pleading financ
A Nairobi Kadhi's Court upheld a husband's unilateral Islamic divorce and divided matrimonial property based on each spouse's contribution,
A father's bid to jail his ex-wife for denying child access failed because he could not prove the denial to the high standard contempt requi
Kenya's Kadhi's Court dissolved a Muslim marriage, gave the mother custody of both young children, and ordered monthly maintenance and payme
Kenya's Kadhi's Court dissolved a broken marriage and split custody: mother got physical custody, father legal custody, access and maintenan
A Kenyan Kadhi's Court confirmed that Muslim families can agree to share an inherited estate equally, overriding strict Islamic inheritance