<p class="ql-align-justify">JUDGEMENT</p><p class="ql-align-justify">The Petitioner lodged this petition on 8^th May, 2009 seeking the following orders:-</p><p class="ql-align-justify">(a) Dissolution of marriage</p><p class="ql-align-justify">(b) Costs of the Petition </p><p class="ql-align-justify"> The Petitioner averred that on 17^th February, 2000 then a spinster lawfully got married to the Respondent CON then a bachelor at the Registrar’s Office, Mombasa under the Marriage Act Chapter 150 Laws of Kenya. </p><p class="ql-align-justify"> </p><p class="ql-align-justify"> She added that:-</p><p class="ql-align-justify">- The Petitioner and Respondent cohabited as husband and wife since the solemnization of their marriage in various places in Ugunja and Mombasa. Both reside in Ukunda currently.</p><p class="ql-align-justify"> </p><p class="ql-align-justify">- The Petitioner and the Respondent have been blessed with one child, AN, 9 years old.</p><p class="ql-align-justify"> The Petitioner pleaded that since the celebration/ solemnization of the said marriage, the Respondent has on many occasions treated the Petitioner with extreme cruelty, hostility and has subjected her to extreme mental anxiety and hardship.</p><p class="ql-align-justify"> The Petitioner also claimed that the Respondent committed adultery. She set out particulars of cruelty and adultery.</p><p class="ql-align-justify"> T…</p>