Court: Child upkeep not source of income for women


Nation | by Brian Ocharo

The lavish lifestyle of a child should not be equated to their “best interest” and a source of income for the other partner, the Family Division of the High Court in Mombasa has affirmed.

The court suspended an order requiring a man to bear 70 per cent of parental responsibility.

While suspending the directive by a Children’s Court, Justice Mugure Thande described the order as punitive to the man, and that it negates the equality principle in parental responsibility…

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