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Family And Children [2023] ZAGPPHC 267

Munyai and Another v Director General of Home Affairs and Another

Munyai and Another v Director General of Home Affairs and Another [2023] ZAGPPHC 267; 2024 (2) SA 635 (GP) (6 April 2023)

Court
North Gauteng High Court, Pretoria
Case number
2022-007052
Judge
WJ Du Plessis

The High Court ordered Home Affairs to register a child’s birth and father’s details without insisting on a paternity test, finding the demand unjustified and harmful to the child.

  • Birth Registration
  • Rights Of Children
  • Departmental Circulars
  • Best Interests Of Child
  • Birth-registration
  • Children-rights
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