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The High Court of Tanzania allowed an application for extension of time to appeal, finding that alleged illegality in a child custody and parentage ruling justified leave.
The High Court dismissed a probate appeal, holding the primary court had jurisdiction because the deceased lived a customary life, and birth records proved parentage.
High Court quashed probate proceedings, holding the Primary Court lacked jurisdiction over parentage and the probate petition was filed after an unexplained 17-year delay.
High Court appeal in a child parentage and maintenance dispute was allowed after the court found the juvenile court proceedings a nullity because no social welfare officer was present.
Second appeal allowed: the High Court quashed a district court order for DNA testing because parentage was not an issue before the trial court and jurisdiction was lacking.
The High Court dismissed a matrimonial appeal, upholding a 50-50 division of property and refusing to revisit a child parentage issue already pending in juvenile court.
The High Court held that the District Court lacked jurisdiction over a parentage matter under the Law of the Child Act, 2009, quashed the proceedings, and allowed the appeal.
There is no legal basis to hold the appellant liable for compensation to the respondent for expenses incurred in raising the child, as the appellant had no knowledge of his paternity until 2011. The duty to compensate is, at most, moral and not legal.
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The High Court dismissed an appeal over the legal parentage of children under Kiarusha customary law, holding they were the respondent’s children.
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