IntroductionThe Tanzania Child Development Policy (2008) has identified five basic rights of the child. These are: i) the child’s right to life; ii) the right to develop; iii) the right to protection; iv) the right to participation; and v) the right not to be discriminated against. There is no doubt that child support...
CHILD CUSTODY ON FAMILY BREAK DOWN IntroductionThe question of who shall have responsibility for the care and upbringing of a child arises normally at the time parents wish to live apart and have not made suitable arrangements for the long term care of their child or children. It is in that context that a court...
Introduction: The Origins of the ConceptThe term parental responsibility was first used in the English Children Act of 1989. As a concept, it replaced the term parental rights and duties, (or parental powers and duties) that was previously being used to describe the obligations and powers of parents. The change in...
