MM v NM and Others (15133/23P)
MM v NM and Others (15133/23P) [2023] ZAKZPHC 117 (18 October 2023)
The court found that the applicant failed to establish urgency as required by Uniform Rule 6(12). The delay of approximately twelve weeks between the child’s removal from St. Charles College and the filing of the urgent application was unexplained and rendered the urgency self-created. The child had already completed a full term at the new school, and the fourth term had commenced. The children’s court was already seized with the matter, and the Office of the Family Advocate was conducting an investigation. The High Court held that the children’s court was the appropriate forum for ventilatin…
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- Best Interests Of Child
- Parental Rights And Responsibilities
- School Enrolment Dispute
- Children S Act Section 31
- Urgency In Family Matters