Expert legal guidance on parental rights, legal guardianship, welfare principle benchmarks, and child maintenance enforcement under the Child Rights Act and Nigerian family courts.
Yes. An unmarried biological father has the full legal right under Nigerian law to apply to court for custody, care, and access...
Under Nigerian statutory adoption laws, a legally adopted child inherits exclusively from their adoptive parents, completely severing legal inheritance rights from biological...
Yes. A parent who has single-handedly raised, fed, educated, and medically cared for a child can counter-claim for reimbursement and arrears of...
Yes. Nigerian courts can and do grant custody of children to grandparents where both parents are unable, unwilling, or unsuitable to provide...
Yes. Nigerian courts have the power to make child maintenance orders requiring a non-custodial parent to pay regular financial support toward the...
It depends on the child’s age and maturity. Nigerian courts give increasing weight to the wishes of older, mature children in custody...
Yes. Nigerian courts have the jurisdiction to order DNA testing to resolve paternity disputes, particularly in cases involving maintenance, custody, inheritance, and...
Not ordinarily. A step-parent adoption in Nigeria requires the consent of both biological parents unless the court dispenses with that consent based...
No. Under the Child’s Rights Act 2003, custody cannot be informally bartered or assigned; lawful guardianship requires an official order of the...
Yes. Under the Child’s Rights Act, the Family Court may grant reasonable visitation rights to grandparents if it promotes the child’s emotional...
