20070725 TZHC Moshi
The application for maintenance was not filed by Chamber Summons supported by affidavit as required by law, rendering it improperly before the trial court and thus incompetent.
- Citation
- 20070725 TZHC Moshi
- Parties
- Appellant: Agnes Urio; Respondent: Raphael A. Lema
- Court
- TZHC
- Jurisdiction
- Tanzania
- Judgment Date
- 25 July 2007
- Procedural Posture
- Civil Appeal / Judgment on Appeal
- Outcome
- appeal struck out as incompetent
- Legal Topics
- Child Maintenance, Procedural Impropriety, Matrimonial Proceedings
- Source Language
- English
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Parties
Agnes Urio
Appellant
Raphael A. Lema
Respondent
Procedural Posture
Civil Appeal / Judgment on Appeal
Legal Issues
- 1 Whether the application for child maintenance was properly before the trial court
- 2 Whether failure to comply with procedural requirements renders the application incompetent
Ratio Decidendi
The application for maintenance was not filed by Chamber Summons supported by affidavit as required by law, rendering it improperly before the trial court and thus incompetent.
Court Disposition
appeal struck out as incompetent
Orders
- Application in the trial court struck out
- Each party to bear own costs
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