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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 2020
In Re: Matovu Mulubirizi & Ors (Miscellaneous Application No. 566 of 2017) [2020] UGHCFD 5 (26 June 2020)
Court ordered respondents to return letters of administration to court to prevent alleged alienation and wasting of the estate.
* Probate/Citation – application to recall/return letters of administration – supporting affidavit required; * Interim preservation – court power to order deposit of letters to prevent waste or alienation of estate; * Allegations of irregular grant, unlawful subdivision/transfers, removal of caveat and related criminal complaints justify interlocutory relief.
 26 June 2020
Migadde v Musoke & Ors (Miscellaneous Cause No. 107 of 2017) [2020] UGHCFD 9 (26 June 2020)
Consent judgment setting aside where it adjudicated a non‑party’s rights without affording opportunity to be heard.
Civil procedure – Consent judgment – validity and setting aside where it affects rights of a non‑party who was not heard; consent decrees upheld unless affected by fraud, collusion, mistake or misapprehension; constitutional right to fair hearing (right to be heard) – judgments affecting non‑parties.
 26 June 2020