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Harare High Court
Samson Manyoni v Francisca Selina Manyoni (Nee Chikere)
HH 4/16
Case Details
Court
Harare High Court
Date
24 December 2015
Citation
HH 4/16
Neutral Citation
[2016] ZWHH 4
Outcome
unknown
Case Type
Trial
Bench
Presiding
MWAYERA J
Full Bench
MWAYERA J
Areas of Law
Family LawMatrimonial Property Law
Keywords
divorcematrimonial propertyOld Mutual sharesspousal maintenanceproperty distribution
Tags
divorcematrimonial property distributionspousal maintenance
legislation
Statutes Cited
- Matrimonial Causes Act
- Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No 20) Act 2013
ai analysis
Case Summary
Key Issues
- {"issue_text":"Are the plaintiff's 38929 Old Mutual shares matrimonial property?","issue_type":"mixed","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"Shares acquired during marriage, partly donated by employer and partly purchased"}
- {"issue_text":"How should the matrimonial property be distributed?","issue_type":"mixed","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"Two immovable properties of different values, various movable property"}
- {"issue_text":"Should the defendant be awarded spousal maintenance?","issue_type":"law","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"Defendant is executive with master's degree, early 40s, gainfully employed"}
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Facts of the Case
Background
The parties were married for over 20 years under civil marriage contracted on 16 April 1993. The plaintiff sought divorce and ancillary relief including distribution of matrimonial property. Both parties are executives and gainfully employed. They acquired property jointly and individually during the marriage.
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