ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
Children Act
90. Joint maintenance of children Unless the court otherwise directs, and subject to any financial contribution ordered to be made by any other person, the following presumptions shall apply with regard to the maintenance of a child—
Edition: 2019-01-18 · Repealed
90. Joint maintenance of children Unless the court otherwise directs, and subject to any financial contribution ordered to be made by any other person, the following presumptions shall apply with regard to the maintenance of a child—
(a)Where the parents of a child were married to each other at the time of the birth of the child and are both living, the duty to maintain a child shall be their joint responsibility;(b)where two or more guardians of the child have been appointed, the duty to maintain the child shall be the joint responsibility of all guardians, whether acting in conjunction with the parents of the child or not;(c)where two or more custodians have been appointed in respect of a child it shall be the joint responsibility of all custodians to maintain the child;(d)where a residence order is made in favour of more than one person, it shall be the duty of those persons to jointly maintain the child;(e)where the mother and father of a child were not married to each other at the time of birth of the child and have not subsequently married, but the father of the child has acquired parental responsibility for the child, it shall be the joint responsibility of the mother and father of the child to maintain that child.