Court to separated parents: Share cost of raising your children equally

If there is any separation, there is a need for peaceful co-parenting, where both parents put aside their differences for the benefit of the child.

A court has ordered a separated couple to share equally the cost of raising their three children, rejecting a bid to make the father shoulder the financial burden alone.

Bungoma Senior Resident Magistrate T.O. Omono said both parents have a responsibility to provide for their children, especially where their incomes are almost equal.

The magistrate ordered the couple, DA and her estranged husband AW, to equally meet the children’s upkeep and general maintenance costs.

They will also share the school fees and school-related expenses equally in the children’s current schools until the end of the academic year.

The court further gave the parents equal legal custody, meaning both must participate in major decisions concerning the children’s education, religion and medical care.