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Harare High Court
Pisirayi Mangwengwende v Prudence Chirisa
HH 28-25
Case Details
Court
Harare High Court
Date
16 January 2025
Citation
HH 28-25
Neutral Citation
[2025] ZWHH 28
Outcome
unknown
Case Type
Urgent Application
Bench
Presiding
Dembure J
Full Bench
Dembure J
Areas of Law
Family LawChildren's Rights
Keywords
Custody order variationDirty hands doctrineContempt of courtBest interests of children
Tags
Custody variationChildren's rightsBest interests of child
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Case Summary
Key Issues
- {"issue_text":"Whether respondent's contempt of court orders constitutes dirty hands barring her from being heard","issue_type":"procedural","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"Non-compliance with multiple court orders, failure to facilitate boarding school, refusal to attend counselling"}
- {"issue_text":"Whether custody order should be varied in best interests of children","issue_type":"mixed","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"Educational disruption, psychological damage, respondent's defiance of court orders"}
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Facts of the Case
Background
The parties have been litigating over custody of their three minor children since their separation in December 2019. Previous court orders granted custody to the respondent and ordered the children to attend boarding school and counselling sessions. The respondent failed to comply with these orders, resulting in the children being expelled from school and not attending counselling. The applicant sought variation of the custody order.
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