Zimbabwe: Joint Child Custody Ruling Overturned

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Zimbabwe: Joint Child Custody Ruling Overturned

[The Herald] The Supreme Court yesterday overturned what became a landmark ruling last year, in which a biological father of a child born out of wedlock, was granted parental control through joint custody.

Source: allAfrica.com

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