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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 2017
Baguma v Mbabazi (HCT – 00 – CV – CA – NO. 003 OF 2016) [2017] UGHCFD 4 (23 March 2017)
Family court custody decision upheld: welfare principle and informal procedure supported mother’s custody and eviction order.
Family law – Custody of children – Welfare principle paramount; informal procedure in children’s proceedings; right to cross-examine; jurisdiction to order return to family home/shelter in custody proceedings; visitation rights
 23 March 2017
In Re: Khalid Latiff (Person of unsound mind) (Civil Miscellaneous Application No.026 of 2017) [2017] UGHCFD 2 (21 March 2017)
Application to adjudge unsound mind and appoint estate manager dismissed for failure to follow mandatory judicial inquiry.
Administration of Estates of Persons of Unsound Mind
Mental Treatment Act — mandatory judicial inquiry; requirement of two court-appointed medical certificates (one registered); insufficiency of sole psychiatric report; premature/incompetent application
 21 March 2017
Obbo v Onyango & Ors (HCT-04-CV-CA-0130-2012) [2017] UGHCFD 7 (3 March 2017)
A retrial must be held at the original court of first instance; a Chief Magistrate cannot retry or transfer the case without High Court authority.
Procedure — Jurisdiction of subordinate courts — Retrial ordered on appeal must be conducted at original court of first instance — Territorial and pecuniary limits — Subordinate courts lack power to transfer cases between themselves; transfer power lies with the High Court
 3 March 2017
Abdala v Agony (Miscellaneous Civil Application No. 0067 of 2016) [2017] UGHCFD 3 (2 March 2017)
Post-judgment proceedings (taxation/execution) conducted without joining a deceased party's legal representatives are a nullity.
Civil procedure – Death of a party – Need to bring legal representatives on record before post-judgment proceedings – Post-judgment taxation and execution without joining estate nullity – Review under Order 46 rule 1 (error apparent on face of record)
 2 March 2017
In the Matter of the Estate of the Late L. Kamugungunu (Originating Summons No. 05 of 2016) [2017] UGHCFD 8 (2 March 2017)
Court appointed proposed relatives as co-administrators, ordered amendment of the grant, and directed applicant to pay costs.
Succession law – appointment of co-administrators; amendment of grant of administration; originating summons under Order 37; reliance on affidavits, declarations and death certificates
 2 March 2017