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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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August 2013
Chama v Rwalinda (Divorce Cause No. 25 of 2011) [2013] UGHCFD 6 (26 August 2013) Court dissolved the marriage for irretrievable breakdown, granted mother custody and maintenance, and dismissed unproven property claims. Divorce — irretrievable breakdown based on cruelty, adultery and desertion; custody — welfare principle, preference for primary caregiver where father absent; maintenance — reasonable monthly contributions and lump sum as pleaded; matrimonial property — claim fails where title/annexures not proved; substituted service and ex parte hearing of cross-petition.	26 August 2013

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August 2013

Chama v Rwalinda (Divorce Cause No. 25 of 2011) [2013] UGHCFD 6 (26 August 2013)

Court dissolved the marriage for irretrievable breakdown, granted mother custody and maintenance, and dismissed unproven property claims.

Divorce — irretrievable breakdown based on cruelty, adultery and desertion; custody — welfare principle, preference for primary caregiver where father absent; maintenance — reasonable monthly contributions and lump sum as pleaded; matrimonial property — claim fails where title/annexures not proved; substituted service and ex parte hearing of cross-petition.

26 August 2013