Muchuku v Watkins [2024] KEHC 14120 (KLR)

Muchuku v Watkins (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

June Njeri Muchuku

Applicant

and

Benjamin Peter Watkins

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 June Njeri Muchuku, the mother, Benjamin Peter Watkins the father and one Leah Wanjiku Mburu 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 21st November 2024 in open court at 10am without fail.

DATED SIGNED AND DELIVERED AT NAIROBI VIA VIDEO LINK THIS 14THDAY OF NOVEMBER 2024. H K CHEMITEIJUDGE