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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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June 2018
In Re: A petition for Adoption of Apolot Betty by Linnea Anne Carlson (Adoption Cause No. 33 of 2018) [2018] UGHCFD 17 (13 June 2018)
Court allowed a foreign applicant to adopt a Ugandan child, waiving the 12‑month fostering requirement as exceptional.
  • Family law — Adoption — Adoption by foreign national — Waiver of 12‑month physical fostering requirement in exceptional circumstances — Children Act, Cap 59 s 45, s 46
13 June 2018