UK dad wins three-year custody battle against SA aunt in ConCourt ruling

The bitter battle started when the SA-born mom, who died of cancer, tried to get her child raised locally

28 November 2023 - 21:35 By TANIA BROUGHTON

The Constitutional Court, in a five to four split, has ruled in favour of a British dad, ordering the return of his now six-year-old daughter to him by February next year after a bitter court battle which saw him pitted against South African relatives of the child...

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