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.

Physical address
Makindye Chief Magistrates' Court at Mobutu Road .
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Judgment date
June 2022
A customary widow established entitlement to participate in administering intestate estate; caveat upheld and petitions consolidated.
Customary marriage – proof by family acceptance, ceremony photographs and spousal-consent documents.* Spousal consent and mortgage documentation as evidence of marital status.* Unregistered customary marriage not automatically void; prior dissolved monogamous marriage does not bar subsequent customary marriage.* Registration of title prima facie conclusive; burden to prove deceased contributed to acquisition or fraud to displace title.* Succession Act s.191 bars adjudication of proprietary rights before letters of administration are granted.* Competing administration petitions consolidated; caveat by lawful widow upheld.
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