Jnm v Bpw

JNM v BPW (Civil Appeal E086 of 2024) [2024] KEHC 14120 (KLR) (Family) (14 November 2024) (Directions) Neutral citation: [2024] KEHC 14120 (KLR) REPUBLIC OF KENYA IN THE HIGH COURT AT NAIROBI (MILIMANI LAW COURTS) FAMILY CIVIL APPEAL E086 OF 2024 HK CHEMITEI, J NOVEMBER 14, 2024 BETWEEN JNM ............................................................................................................ APPLICANT AND BPW ....................................................................................................... RESPONDENT DIRECTIONS 1. There are three applications herein which the parties have hotly contested. They are dated 29th September 2024, 1st October 2024 and 8th October 2024. 2. The common denominator therein is the minor. No doubt the Appellant JNM, the mother, BPW the father and one LWM have all stake a claim over the minor. 3. At the center of it all is whether the minor should go back to the United States of America to stay with the father or should remain in Kenya and stay with the mother. 4. I have extensively gone through the bundles of pleadings and in particular the submissions and various authorities attached. However, it is my view that the court needs to hear the part of the minor. In other words, the court needs to interview the minor before making any further steps regarding the rival applications. 5. Consequently, the court holds in abeyance the rulings herein pending the interviewing of the minor physically on November 21, 2024 in open court at 10am without fail. DATED SIGNED AND DELIVERED AT NAIROBI VIA VIDEO LINK THIS 14TH DAY OF NOVEMBER 2024. H K CHEMITEI https://new.kenyalaw.org/akn/ke/judgment/kehc/2024/14120/eng@2024-11-14 1

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