Kenyans.co.ke·2 min read·medium
High Court Rules Second Wife Can Inherit Husband’s Estate Despite Invalid Marriage
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Nikkie Aisha
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The Kenyan High Court has ruled that a second wife in an invalid marriage is entitled to inheritance rights under the Law of Succession Act. The judge determined that despite the marriage being legally void due to a subsisting prior monogamous union, the woman and her children are protected under succession law.
File image of a gavel on the bench in the courtroom File --> The High Court in Nairobi has ruled that a woman can be recognised as a wife in succession matters even if she married a man whose monogamous marriage to another woman had not been dissolved.
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