PREMIUM Prolonged 'come we stay' is a marriage, court rules Court says living together does not automatically create a marriage, but conduct can support that presumption. News Just now Listen

Upholding a magistrate’s finding that a couple who lived together for 12 years were presumed married, the court said living together does not automatically create a marriage, but conduct can support that presumption where conditions are met.

PREMIUM Cohabiting is not marriage, no matter years spent together The court said the presumption of marriage should only be used sparingly where there is cogent evidence to support it.

Article A prolonged “come-we-stay” relationship can amount to a marriage where a couple has lived together for years and conducted themselves as husband and wife, a Nairobi High Court has ruled.