High Court reasserts equal parental rights, rejects automatic maternal custody

New Zimbabwe · 2026-10-16T04:02:22.000Z · World

THE High Court has reaffirmed that Zimbabwean law no longer gives mothers automatic preference over fathers in child custody disputes, ruling that the best interests of children, rather than a parent’s gender, must determine where they live. Justice Catherine Bachi-Mzawazi, sitting in Chinhoyi, dismissed Florence Muoni’s bid for sole custody of her three minor children, […] The post High Court reasserts equal parental rights, rejects automatic maternal custody appeared first on NewZimbabwe.com .

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