ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
Insolvency Act
371. Entitlement of surviving spouse to household furniture and effects
Edition: 2022-12-31 · In force
371. Entitlement of surviving spouse to household furniture and effects
(1)This section applies if the estate that vests in the trustee includes any of the deceased's necessary household furniture and effects that would have passed to the deceased's surviving spouse if the estate had not been insolvent.(2)The surviving spouse may select and retain as the spouse's own property so much of the furniture and effects referred to in subsection (1) as the trustee determines.(3)The surviving spouse shall make the selection within the time that the trustee allows.(4)The surviving spouse's selection does not affect any rights under a valid charge or security right or a credit purchase transaction in respect of the goods selected.(5)The fact that the goods available for selection are subject to a charge or credit purchase transaction does not give the surviving spouse any rights to any other part of the deceased's property.