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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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November 2008
Kamakune v Rwabuhenda (HCT-00-FD-CA 3 of 2008) [2008] UGHCFD 3 (28 November 2008)
Custody order made under the wrong statutory basis was quashed; mother’s constitutional right to custody restored.
Children law – Custody – Correct statutory basis required for custody applications – Section 76 Children Act relates to maintenance, not custody; section 73 custody limited to parentage proceedings – Welfare principle cannot be applied absent proper jurisdictional basis – Parental constitutional right (Article 31) to care for and bring up children.
 28 November 2008
Kamukune v Rwabuhenda (Civil Appeal 3 of 2008) [2008] UGHCFD 2 (28 November 2008)
28 November 2008