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In Re Catherine Adongo (Infant) (Family Cause 3 of 2013)

High Court · [2014] UGHCFD 8 · 2014 Application Granted AI-generated summary ↓ Download Pin to watchlist Add to matter
Jurisdiction
Uganda
Case Type
Application for legal guardianship order
Decision
Legal guardianship granted to applicants with full parental responsibility over the infant

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Holding

The High Court granted legal guardianship of an infant to two American citizens residing in Uganda. The child had been rescued in a malnourished state and placed in foster care with the applicants. Both biological parents consented to the guardianship. The court found that granting guardianship was in the child's best interests given the applicants' demonstrated care and means to support the child.

Outcome

Legal guardianship granted to applicants with full parental responsibility over the infant

Facts

In February 2012, Police Child and Protection Unit rescued Catherine Adongo, an infant, in a severely malnourished state. The child was placed in Amecet's Children's Home. The applicants, Steven Andrew Tiesenga and Zylstra Tanya Renee Tiesenga, American citizens married with three biological children and residing in Uganda, fostered the child from April 2012. They demonstrated the means to support the child. The child's mother, Anna Grace Imamat, consented in writing and in court to relinquishing parental rights. The child's father, Olemo Moses, consented in writing but could not attend court as he was undergoing treatment for mental ill health.

Issues

  1. Whether legal guardianship should be granted to the applicants in the best interests of the child.

Orders

  • Legal guardianship of Catherine Adongo is granted to the two applicants Steven Andrew Tiesenga and Zylstra Tanya Renee Tiesenga.
  • The applicants are to accord the child all the rights conferred by the Children Act.
  • The applicants will exercise parental responsibility over the child and take decisions that will promote the best interests of the child.
  • Costs in the cause.

Rules and key headnotes

Family Law — Guardianship — Best Interests of the Child — Legal Test
The ground for allowing an application for guardianship is that it is in the best interests of the child.
Family Law — Guardianship — Parental Consent — Effect on Parental Rights
Where both biological parents consent to a guardianship order, they cease to have parental rights over the child and the guardians exercise full parental responsibility.

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In Re_ Catherine Adongo (Infant) (Family Cause 3 of 2013) [2014] UGHCFD 8 (5 February 2014)
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