Father takes battle for daughter’s custody to supreme court of appeal

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Father takes battle for daughter’s custody to supreme court of appeal: The man wants to be reunited with his child, who went to her grandparents after her mother died

A man whose lengthy legal battle to get custody of his six-year-old daughter hit another snag when it was dismissed in the Polokwane high court recently is set to lodge an appeal in the supreme court of appeal.

At the beginning of June, Judge Matsaro Violet Semenya, in the high court in Polokwane, dismissed MM’s application for leave to appeal a 2019 ruling that denied him the right to custody of his child. MM cannot be named to protect the identity of his minor child.Subscribe to the M&G today for just R30 for the first three months* to gain access to this story and all our best journalism, subscriber-only newsletters, events and a weekly cryptic crossword.

 

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