All templatesREPUBLIC OF KENYA
IN THE CHIEF MAGISTRATE'S COURT AT MILIMANI, NAIROBI
CAUSE NO. ________ OF 20____
ROSE AKINYI OUMA ………………………………………………………… PETITIONER
-VERSUS-
MICHAEL OUMA ODERA ………………………………………………………… RESPONDENT
PETITION FOR DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE
THE HUMBLE PETITION of ROSE AKINYI OUMA, care of P.O. Box 61234-00200, Nairobi, in the Republic of Kenya, SHOWS as follows:
1. THAT the Petitioner is an adult.
2. THAT the Petitioner and the Respondent were married to each other in a civil marriage solemnised on 14 February 2015 at the Registrar of Marriages, Sheria House, Nairobi.
3. THAT a certified copy of the certificate of marriage is filed with this petition.
4. THAT the parties lived together at [Where the parties lived together].
5. THAT there is one child of the marriage, aged 8, residing with the Petitioner.
6. THAT the marriage between the Petitioner and the Respondent has irretrievably broken down and the Petitioner relies on the ground of cruelty.
Family Law
Divorce Petition template (Kenya)
What it is for
Dissolution of marriage under the Marriage Act 2014.
The Kenyan law it follows
- Marriage Act Cap 150 — s.65 (Christian marriage), s.66 (civil marriage: no petition within three years of the marriage without leave; the grounds), s.69 (customary marriage), s.70 (Hindu marriage), s.71 (Islamic marriage governed by Islamic law)
- Marriage (Matrimonial Proceedings) Rules, 2020 — rule 4 (leave to petition within three years), rule 5 and Form MA18 (the petition), rule 6 (what the petition states; signed by the petitioner; supported by a verifying affidavit; accompanied by the certificate of marriage), rule 8 (notice to appear in Form MA198, fourteen days)
Who prepares it
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