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HC: Family Division (Uganda)

The Family Division was created in April 2005 as a division of the high court that handles: Administration causes, Family causes, (Adoption, Guardianship, Affiliation/maintenance), Miscellaneous causes, Miscellaneous applications, Civil appeals, Civil suits, Originating summons, Civil revisions and Divorce cases.

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Makindye Chief Magistrates' Court at Mobutu Road .

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March 1996
Naresh Kara v Bhatia (Civil Suit 425 of 1994) [1996] UGHCFD 1 (12 March 1996) Where the deceased was domiciled in India, probate had to be obtained there and resealed in Uganda; suit and counterclaim dismissed. Probate – Domicile of deceased – Where deceased domiciled abroad, foreign grant of probate must be produced and resealed under Probate (Re‑sealing) Act (Cap.144) before estate matters can be dealt with in Uganda – Failure to obtain foreign probate renders proceedings in Uganda improper; will and counterclaim dismissed.	12 March 1996

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March 1996

Naresh Kara v Bhatia (Civil Suit 425 of 1994) [1996] UGHCFD 1 (12 March 1996)

Where the deceased was domiciled in India, probate had to be obtained there and resealed in Uganda; suit and counterclaim dismissed.

Probate – Domicile of deceased – Where deceased domiciled abroad, foreign grant of probate must be produced and resealed under Probate (Re‑sealing) Act (Cap.144) before estate matters can be dealt with in Uganda – Failure to obtain foreign probate renders proceedings in Uganda improper; will and counterclaim dismissed.

12 March 1996