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Baugu v Nanyonga (Divorce Cause 111 of 2022) [2024] UGHCFD 36 (22 July 2024)
The High Court dismissed a divorce petition after finding the Maryland marriage was not recognized under Ugandan law and the petitioner had not proved domicile in Uganda.
Tako v Apika (Divorce Cause 94 of 2022) [2024] UGHCFD 27 (6 June 2024)
The High Court upheld a preliminary objection and dismissed a divorce petition after finding the petitioner was not domiciled in Uganda when the petition was filed.
Slowey Shauna Sutton v Nigel Sutton (Divorce Cause No. 63 of 2013) [2014] UGHCFD 240 (11 November 2014)
The court allowed withdrawal of the divorce petition with costs to the respondent, and held that the respondent’s cross-petition remained pending.
Newell v Newell (Civil Appeal No. 20 of 1955) [1955] EACA 298 (1 January 1955)
The Supreme Court lacked jurisdiction to entertain the petition for dissolution of marriage because the petition failed to plead and prove the petitioner's domicile in Kenya, a statutory prerequisite for jurisdiction under the Matrimonial Causes Ordinance. The omission was not merely procedural but fundamental, rendering the entire proceedings and decree a nullity. The appellate court declined to allow amendment of the petition or to remit the issue for determination, as such steps would improperly validate proceedings that were coram non judice and would introduce factual complications not r…
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