Object to a succession cause (objection, caveat or protest)
The Judiciary of Kenya · sources read 2 Oct 2026
If you disagree with a succession application published in the Kenya Gazette, file an objection at the court handling it within 30 days of the notice. Later, when the grant is up for confirmation, you can still protest by filing an affidavit with your reasons.
- Fee
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- Deadline
- File an objection within 30 days of the Kenya Gazette notice
- Where
- The probate and administration (family) registry of the court where the succession cause was filed, or online on Judiciary e-filing.
What you need
- Your objection, in three copies
- Your answer to the petition and cross-application (after the registrar asks for it)
- For a protest at confirmation: an affidavit of your grounds (forms P&A 28 for a caveator, and P&A 10)
Steps
- Watch the Kenya Gazette. Within 30 days of the notice, file your objection at the registry of the court handling the succession cause (or on Judiciary e-filing).
- Hand in three copies of the objection. The registrar records it and tells the person who applied for the grant.
- When the registrar sends you Form P&A 67, file your answer to the petition and your cross-application.
- The judge gives directions and the registrar tells both sides the hearing date. The court then decides the dispute.
- If the dispute comes up when the grant is being confirmed, file an affidavit setting out your grounds. The matter then goes to a hearing.
Watch out
- Once the grant is confirmed, you can no longer object or protest. Your only option then is to apply to revoke the grant.
- An objection is about early questions, like whether the applicant is the right person or whether a will is genuine. It is not where the estate gets shared out.
- If you only dispute some properties, the rest can be confirmed while the disputed ones go to a full hearing.
Who can apply
- Anyone who wants to challenge a succession application published in the Kenya Gazette, for example over who should run the estate.
- At confirmation stage: a caveator, or a beneficiary who does not agree with how the property is to be shared.
Official sources (2)
- Simplified Resource Tool on Inheritance and Related Family Law Practice in Kenya judiciary.go.ke · read 2 Oct 2026
- Judiciary E-filing FAQs judiciary.go.ke · read 2 Oct 2026