Articles on Nigerian family law, marriage, inheritance, wills, succession and probate
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English marriage is highly regulated in Nigeria, from venue and time to the number of witnesses that must be present. In English marriage there is a minimum number of witnesses that must be present before a marriage will be valid. This is because, unlike courtship/friendship, marriage must be conducted and known to more persons part from the couple and the Clergy/Minister/Registrar conducting the marriage.
How To Conduct Paternity/Maternity Test (DNA Test) On A Child With/Without Consent Of Parents. Daily Law Tips (Tip 507) by Onyekachi Umah, Esq., LLM. ACIArb(UK)
Homosexual/Gay Clubs, Societies, Meetings And Protests Are Prohibited In Nigeria. DAILY LAW TIPS by Onyekachi Umah,Esq. (Tip 184) It may not be an offence to be a
Customary Marriages In Nigeria Are To Be Registered In Court. By Onyekachi Umah,Esq. Aside English Marriages, a Customary/Traditional/Native Marriage conducted in any part of Nigeria,
Validity of Marriages Conducted in Ikeja, Abuja and other Federal Marriage Registries in Nigeria. By Onyekachi Umah, Esq. (Tip 105) As it is in law
HOW TO RECOVER PROPERTY OF THE DEAD IN NIGERIA – “A LEGAL GUIDE ON PROBATE MATTERS”.
A righteous man leaves inheritance for his off springs says the holy book. We all must die someday but what we may leave are our off springs, legacies, assets, liabilities, problems we solved and those we created. The death of a person is not the death of his/her property, assets and liabilities. The death of loved ones and breadwinners is not a launch into poverty and misery. No one dies with his assets (anything that adds to wealth) and liabilities (anything that reduces wealth) rather such is left for the good of the living. It is the right of the living to take over ownership and administration of the assets and property even the liability of the dead (deceased). Whether a deceased died leaving a WILL (testate) or without a WILL (intestate) his property must be owned and managed by the living. Now, the question is who should legally manage and benefit from the property of a dead in Nigeria?
Courtship is not marriage neither is a loose partnership of opposite sex marriage. Living together and making of babies doesn’t connote marriage. Hear this, going to a church and being declared “man and woman” without an earlier strict observance of legal marriage requirements is no marriage in the eyes of law.