Nalumansi v Kasande & 2 Ors [2019] UGSC 2 (17 January 2019)

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Civil Procedure|Family Law

Case summary

The court held that as long as the marriage between the appellant and the deceased was recognized as a valid marriage in the UK where it was celebrated, that marriage is recognized as valid in Uganda. That the deceased did not have the capacity to enter a valid customary marriage with the first respondent. That a general rule is that a spouse who is prima facie separated from the other as a member of the same household is not entitled to any interest in the estate in case the other spouse dies intestate.

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