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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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October 2012
In Re: Namukose (an infant) (Miscellaneous Cause No. 37 of 2012) [2012] UGHCFD 1 (23 October 2012)
Family Law
 23 October 2012
June 2012
Kaweesa v Administrator General and 2 Others (Civil Suit 918 of 1993) [2012] UGHCFD 2 (19 June 2012)
A Kabaka-confirmed customary heir is entitled to bequested land; Administrator General lacked power to cancel or redistribute it.
Succession law – customary heir named in will and confirmed by Kabaka – clan leaders lack power to remove after confirmation; Administrator General’s powers under S.I.150/1967 limited to issuing certificates of succession for estates already administered under custom; certificates of succession and titles issued pursuant to ultra vires redistribution are null and void; functus officio principle.
 19 June 2012