How To Calculate Child Support In Kenya

How To Calculate Child Support In Kenya

In this article Keweb. co tries to answer the question by publishing the ways one can calculate child support in Kenya

Below are the most helpful ways to calculate child support in Kenya

there are a few things that typically influence how many children support the non-custodial parent must pay under Section 94 of the Children’s Act including:

The income or earning capacity, property, and other financial resources which the parties or any other person in whose favor the court proposes to make an order, have or are likely to have in the foreseeable future;

the financial needs, obligations, or responsibilities which each party has or is likely to have in the foreseeable future;

the financial needs of the child and the child’s current circumstances;

the income or earning capacity, if any, property, and other financial resources of the child;

any physical or mental disabilities, illness, or medical condition of the child;

the manner in which the child is being or was expected to be educated or trained;

the circumstances of any of the child’s siblings;

the customs, practices, and religion of the parties and the child;

whether the respondent has assumed responsibility for the maintenance of the child and if so, the extent to which and the basis on which he has assumed that responsibility and the length of the period during which he has met that responsibility;

whether the respondent assumed responsibility for the maintenance of the child knowing the child was not his child, or knowing that he was not legally married to the mother of the child;

the liability of any other person to maintain the child;

the liability of that person to maintain other children.

Consequences for nonpayment

If child support payments are withheld or not paid, enforcement actions may become necessary including employers being ordered to withhold the child support from paychecks in order to send it to a children’s office or other designated account.

Can a father be granted full custody in Kenya?

An April 7 court ruling by Justice Joel Ngugi of the Nakuru law courts said fathers can be granted custody of young children. The ruling upends decades of Kenyan law. Section 8 of the Children’s Act of 2001 says a child under the age of 10 is to be given to the mother unless there is good reason to do otherwise.

When can a father get custody of a child in Kenya?

Fathers have the right to apply for custody of a child. The court may award sole custody to the father depending on the manifest unfitness of the mother. The court will determine the degree of access of the father in instances where physical custody is awarded to the mother.