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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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January 2014
In Re: Nanyonga (an infant) (Family Cause 273 of 2013) [2014] UGHCFD 5 (20 January 2014)
Court appointed foreign applicants as legal guardians and permitted the child’s immigration, applying the best‑interests principle with protective reporting conditions.
Family law – Guardianship – Best interests of the child paramount – High Court’s inherent jurisdiction to appoint guardians – Non‑citizen guardians and removal abroad – Conditions: passport, annual welfare reports, official notifications.
 20 January 2014
In Re: Kawala Joy & Nandudu Annet (both Infants) (Consolidated Miscellaneous/ Family Cause No. 278 of 2012 And 279 of 2012) [2014] UGHCFD 52 (10 January 2014)
Family Law
 10 January 2014
In Re: Mirembe and Bazaale (Infants) (Misc Cause No. 010 of 2013) [2014] UGHCFD 2 (1 January 2014)
Application for foreign guardianship declined because relocation was not shown to be in the infants’ best interests.
Children law – guardianship – best interests of the child paramount; suitability reports by foreign adoption agency considered but not determinative; age and capacity of prospective guardians; sustainability of placing infants abroad; alternatives to transfer of guardianship.
 1 January 2014
In Re: Mirembe (an Infant) (Misc. Cause No. 025 of 2012) [2014] UGHCFD 1 (1 January 2014)
Adoption granted where applicants met residency and suitability requirements and adoption served the child’s best interests.
Adoption — Best interests of the child (Section 3(1) Cap.59) — Residency requirement for adopters — Suitability assessed by Probation Officer’s report and prior guardianship — Court observation of child’s welfare.
 1 January 2014