Woman can seek wealth share ahead of divorce


The Standard | by Kamau Muthoni

A woman can seek her share of property from her husband without necessarily waiting for divorce.

The court can, however, not divide the matrimonial property until their marriage is dissolved.

In a landmark judgment which now gives a new twist on how properties acquired during a marriage are shared, Court of Appeal judges Mohamed Warsame, Patrick Kiage and Gatembu Kairu ruled that the law allows a spouse in a marriage to seek a declaration that a property is matrimonial…

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