19841122 TZHC Mwanza
Appellant admitted desertion for 8 years without substantiating claims of cruelty; marriage irreparably broken down; respondent entitled to divorce and custody.
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- Citation
- 19841122 TZHC Mwanza
- Parties
- Appellant: Nyamhange Sembe; Respondent: Swaikara Soroo
- Court
- TZHC
- Jurisdiction
- Tanzania
- Judgment Date
- 22 November 1984
- Procedural Posture
- Civil Appeal Matrimonial / Final Appellate Judgment
- Outcome
- appeal dismissed
- Legal Topics
- Divorce, Custody, Desertion, Customary Marriage
- Source Language
- english
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Parties
Nyamhange Sembe
Appellant
Swaikara Soroo
Respondent
Procedural Posture
Civil Appeal Matrimonial / Final Appellate Judgment
Legal Issues
- 1 Whether the appellant's desertion justified dissolution of marriage
- 2 Whether allegations of cruelty by respondent were substantiated
- 3 Custody determination
Ratio Decidendi
Appellant admitted desertion for 8 years without substantiating claims of cruelty; marriage irreparably broken down; respondent entitled to divorce and custody.
Court Disposition
appeal dismissed
Orders
- appeal dismissed with costs
- custody of child awarded to respondent
Full Case Text
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JN THE lITGH. COORT OF· TANZ~J:A {:i:'C) ·CIVIL A?P;E!AI/ MATRlMCNliL NO~- 2/~ (From the decision of the Dis1;t-i-ot Cour-c of Ta.rime .:1irn Civil Appeal No. 43/83) (original Civii Ca~e Nd .. · 51 of'~i-983 of Nyaiburongo Primary Court.) ., _· · .· · NYA.MHANG-.£., SEMBE o • a 1> • o o •" o.~ <>O ~ o 1H, oo c, o ci oo • o • ~ELLANT • • ,j Versu.3 • I SWAI<&RA SOROOO oo o ,, RESPCK'IDENT ? ' . o o o .. ~. o . . . . . . . . o • • • c ., • • • JUDGMENT_ MUNY-ERA, Ji c. The ap:pelllfut wa~ the defendcnt before Nyaburongo Prim'lry C01.:rt. i'he 1responient had pe.titioned ~ainst her for divorce., It was agreedi thl\t .they were naz'ried. :in 1005 una:er cu~tomary Jawo It was the res- ponden-fi s daae that thll wbman (appeliant) . . dese:7ted him in. 1975 and never returned till the martiaga we.a disso1ved . . in . 1983:, In her defence the ~ appellant admitted that she had le ft th~ matt-iconiai . ' hc@B as stated . but . she charged that . it was the husband (r.espondent) who . fbrced her ., oui; by ,•,• ~ his acts of crueltyJI beatings and so on. Ste however called. no wit:ihesa to support her a-llegationsa-. The trial ._~urt unanimous-~ found the mM- riage had bzroken dovn irreparably and blamed the appe:i.lant p e-1ause she desert.ed the·respond.ent without good·t-eaSt>na· and stayed out for almost 8 years.· The court :lissolved tm marriage and awarded custoay of the child~ t9 the respondent. The appe~nt unsuccessfully appealed to the District Court~ She now appeal~ to this. oourto I do not see t:1e me;rits of. the app,ellant' s oompk:tnt.'" She admitt·ed b.efore the dourt thr,t she h&d. left the· matrimQ,nial . ;· . . home in 1975 and-she . never returned.. She cal~d not a, singl-e',witness to support her claim. thE:\t the. husband (respondent). was ill-'treat:ing he_ro The respond<:mt tolerated the deserticn for 8 yearso· He had no -~Y out but ·to seek a oivorce. I dismiss· the appeal v~ith oosts • .. MUSO~. 22/11/84. •,: T(•I ·'):,Jt: .: . '• ..-1·,. 4 • ••~ • . J·: •j l ·• I I. ' I t . ' t ·1~ ·1·1/ ~. . :.,,;,-.:·; ·-/.•:: .J, . .'·~.t~·:.;, ., ... ,',;::: ~ :.: ,~.i\.'.-t/ .•?': ,::r~ !'1~ ·' I J . ;. . .... ell; ~ ., . ... ·- .. f, ~· t:;/~~::~\ r-< . ~ .. ; .... ·~. , , ;:rl:; . . .,. ~_. ··t:. ~ ....\. ;·: .. . , . . ~ j ... , • '?- ~H ;,,~.;}' ~-:<': 'i ·!:-. .' • ., t~ ~ 'i 1 . . :. -f:·1 ,t. ·-· '.~ . . ,.,r .-~<-L;- ,, ·•;-' .i ~-:•'.f~,,~_,/(;l , . -·, . ......... ·.{ ~ ~. ; t.:. j. ·-•: 't { ·, ::·:, ''t:.·:· ''-:" .; ... ";'?: :·.r.:/1/•> /. -~~\ I ••·'1 ."t !~• ,,I Ji. ~ .... ,, ' • , •. I --~;,)~~~r ,·:·~. ; ,:., 'f;,~ ..,~;,_ ... ,. . , ''· ., ,,.. '• : ' -· {'~ "1:.. ,;/"··\ ~ . . • l t. .. ,. J \, •• I ·' 1.'.. . ... •·,:- •\,::fl