Child Custody: Who Should Be With the Child? DAILY LAW TIPS by Onyekachi Umah,Esq. (Tip 48)
In custody of a child, no parent has a higher or better right over the other. Both parents are equal and can be granted custody, the sex of a child notwithstanding, unless a parent shows special reasons why the other should not be granted custody.
My authorities:
- The judgment of court in the case of WILLIAMS V. WILLIAMS (1987) 2 NWLR (PT. 54) 66.
- Onyekachi Umah, “Custody of Children of Traditional Marriages and the ‘Chichidodo’” (LearnNigerianLaws.com, 18 February 2021) <https://sabilaw.org/custody-of-children-of-traditional-marriages-and-the-chichidodo/> accessed 29 July 2021
- Onyekachi Umah, “Custody of a Child In Customary Marriage: How and To Whom?” (LearnNigerianLaws.com, 29 September 2020) <https://sabilaw.org/custody-of-a-child-in-customary-marriage-how-and-to-whom/> accessed 29 July 2021
- Onyekachi Umah, “FACTORS THAT COURT CONSIDER BEFORE GRANTING CUSTODY OF CHILD TO ANY PERSON” (LearnNigerianLaws.com, 3 March 2020) <https://sabilaw.org/factors-that-court-consider-before-granting-custody-of-child-to-any-person-daily-law-tips-tip-517-by-onyekachi-umah-esq-llm-aciarbuk/> accessed 29 July 2021
- Onyekachi Umah, “IT IS A CRIME TO FAIL IN CHILD IMMUNISATION” (LearnNigerianLaws.com, 7 December 2018) <https://sabilaw.org/daily-law-tips-by-onyekachi-umah-esq-tip-243-it-is-a-crime-to-fail-in-child-immunisation/> accessed 29 July 2021
- Onyekachi Umah, “No Marriage, No Fatherhood: Robbing Paternity” (LearnNigerianLaws.com, 21 June 2021) <https://sabilaw.org/no-marriage-no-fatherhood-robbing-paternity/> accessed 29 July 2021
- Onyekachi Umah, “Who Takes Over the Property After Divorce?” (LearnNigerianLaws.com, 18 May 2021) <https://sabilaw.org/who-takes-over-the-property-after-divorce/> accessed 29 July 2021.
- Onyekachi Umah, “Why Surrogacy is Unlawful in Parts of Nigeria?” (LearnNigerianLaws.com, 5 May 2021) <https://sabilaw.org/why-surrogacy-is-unlawful-in-parts-of-nigeria/> accessed 29 July 2021
- Onyekachi Umah, “AGES AT WHICH SEXUAL INTERCOURSE WITH CONSENT WILL AMOUNT TO RAPE” (LearnNigerianLaws.com, 20 February 2020) <https://sabilaw.org/ages-at-which-sexual-intercourse-with-consent-will-amount-to-rape-daily-law-tips-tip-509-by-onyekachi-umah-esq-llm-aciarbuk/> accessed 29 July 2021
- Onyekachi Umah, “FORGET HOLLYWOOD & NOLLYWOOD: IN NIGERIA, MARRIAGES CANNOT END BY SIGNING OF DIVORCE PAPERS” (LearnNigerianLaws.com, 23 July 2020) <https://sabilaw.org/forget-hollywood-nollywood-in-nigeria-marriages-cannot-end-by-signing-of-divorce-papers-daily-law-tips-tip-616-by-onyekachi-umah-esq-ll-m-aciarbuk/> accessed 29 July 2021
- Onyekachi Umah, “Can Court Dismiss Divorce Case Because Husband Impregnated Wife?” (LearnNigerianLaws.com, 12 March 2021) <https://sabilaw.org/can-court-dismiss-divorce-case-because-husband-impregnated-wife/> accessed 29 July 2021
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