A.R.C v A.M.M (076276/2024) [2025] ZAGPJHC 348 (3 April 2025)
Court
South Gauteng High Court, Johannesburg
Case number
076276/2024
Judge
Yacoob
High Court family matter about a child’s birth certificate, surname amendment, contact, and passport control. The court granted the core relief and deferred the parenting coordinator issue.
U.J.D.J and Another v Minister of Home Affairs and Another (1986/2021) [2023] ZAECQBHC 1; 2023 (4) SA 279 (ECGq) (10 January 2023)
Court
Eastern Cape High Court, Gqeberha
Case number
1986/2021
Judge
M.S. Jolwana
The court found that Regulation 12(2)(c) of the Births and Deaths Registration Act is unconstitutional and invalid to the extent that it discriminates against children whose unmarried fathers are not legally present in South Africa. The regulation irrationally links the father's legal status to the child's right to have his parentage recorded, which unjustifiably infringes the child's constitutional rights to dignity, equality, and identity. The court held that the issue was neither moot nor not ripe, as the respondents' concession did not address the underlying constitutional defect, and sim…