THE HANDOUT OF COURT PERMITS AS CHILD SUPPORT AND THE WEAPONISATION OF CHILD WELFARE IN POST-SEPARATION DISPUTES | Clementina E. Ukiri, Esq.
Clementina E. Ukiri, Esq. Executive Summary and Context The practice of treating access to children, such as court-ordered visitation permits, travel permissions, and access approvals, as transactional rewards or financial leverage fundamentally distorts family jurisprudence. When courts allow visitation rights or administrative permits to function as conditional handouts tied to financial negotiations, or when legal frameworks enable one parent to weaponise child welfare as collateral damage to inflict emotional or financial punishment,…
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BEYOND POSSESSION: HOW NIGERIAN COURTS DEFINE CHILD CUSTODY. | Lydia Ehisuoria Ohonsi, Esq.
The dissolution of a marriage marks a profound reconfiguration of a family's structure, but it does not dissolve the sacred responsibility towards the children of that union. In the ensuing legal contest over custody, the question of who is awarded the primary care of a child is one of the most consequential decisions a court can make. In Nigeria, while the Matrimonial Causes Act provides the statutory scaffolding, it is the superior courts—the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court—that have breathed life, meaning, and profound moral aut…
