Expert legal guidance on parental rights, legal guardianship, welfare principle benchmarks, and child maintenance enforcement under the Child Rights Act and Nigerian family courts.
No. The remarriage of a custodial mother does not relieve the biological father of his primary, statutory legal duty of child maintenance...
No. The geographical place or country of a child’s birth has zero legal bearing on a biological father’s mandatory duty of child...
No. A parent cannot evade statutory child support obligations in Nigeria simply because a minor child earns informal pocket money through part-time...
No. The surname or family name a minor child currently bears has zero legal bearing on a biological father’s mandatory duty of...
No. A parent cannot evade statutory child support obligations in Nigeria simply because a minor child is temporarily out of school or...
No. Subjective visual assertions regarding facial resemblance or skin complexion have zero legal standing to defeat paternity or child maintenance obligations in...
No. Entering into a subsequent marriage or starting a new family does not extinguish or diminish an existing parent’s legal child maintenance...
No. The fact that a mother is financially wealthy or earns a higher income does not relieve the biological father of his...
No. A parent cannot evade statutory child support obligations in Nigeria on the frivolous ground that a minor child is stubborn, disobedient,...
No. The marital status of the parents is completely irrelevant to the legal duty of child maintenance under modern Nigerian family law....
