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#1 CAZ | April 07, 2010
Hi,
M father has recently died and has left no will. He has property in Kenya and is married. Could you please tell me what the Kenyan laws are on Intestacy in relation to what rights a daughter has on his property. My fathers wife has been married 9 times before and has only been married to him for 1 year. He has died leaving no will and i would like to know what rights to his estate i have as his only child. I do hope that you can help me with this situation.
Kind regards
caz
#2 SHEILA | May 19, 2010
My dad passed away in 2008, he left two wifes and 8 children. Although he didnt have a will, he left property and shares worth 3 million kenyan shillings. All his properties are in my late mum's name, and now my step mums want to divide the 3 million among themselves. Although we are all above 18 yrs, is there a way us the children can receive part of the inheritance?
Sheila, US
#3 SMELTER | April 04, 2012
my father bought land while married to my mum. However he married a second wife agemate of my first sister and we have been living in a polygamous family. We from my mum are 9, 5 sons and 4 daughters. The other family has 8, 3 boys 5 girls. The only issue is that dad never took us to school and we had to struggle through meagre savings of my mum.We are well educated now but my dad has systematically sidelined us. Now he wants to share out the land between the wives and the younger one has been farming twice bigger than ours. What does the law of succession in Kenya say in such a situation. What can we do so that we are not shortchanged?
#4 JOSEPH FREDRICK | December 06, 2012
hi i used to live with my father at kitale kenya and he owned 25 acre of landand a house,when he died at the year 2000 i went to live abroad with my mother cause i was young at that time.and he has another son and a daughter whom are born from another women,so now its my brother who is running and living on the farm,so do i have the right to ask,sale part of my share.
#5 GEOOFFREY | July 12, 2013
1. hey,joseph fredrick my concern goes to you i want to inform you that the law of succession section 29 states that the children of deceased whether mantained by him or not maintained before tjhe deceased immediately prior to his death together with the wife or former wife/wives has the dependant rights 2.SHEILA hey okey for you section 26 of law of succssion act cap 160 laws of kenya states that a court will interfer with the deceased will for his disinherited wife and children and if no will the court will apply the act to divide the property as long as you are a child of the deceased you are entitled to inherent 3.SMELTER FOR you the 2nd wife will only get the lann equally as yourb mum and all kinds are entitled to equal share
#6 KIPLAGAT SILAS KOECH | May 19, 2014
Hi,my name is Silas. My dad passed the year 2005 just two years after my mum had passed leaving 4 of my siblings and i at a very akward position. He left assets plus some amount in the bank which i want to follow up. My big quiz is,how will i be able to acquire his account and he did not write any will? What are the procedures to be followed concerning such an issue? Please help! Thanks
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