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Magambo v Magambo (Miscellaneous Application 293 of 2023) [2024] UGHC 456 (14 June 2024)
The High Court dismissed an application for DNA testing in an estate dispute, holding that all affected children were not joined and exhumation was not justified.
Matsiko v Wandera (141 of 2021) [2022] UGHCFD 4 (6 June 2022)
The court found that there is no express law in Uganda regulating burial rights for a person who dies intestate, but the applicable legal framework prioritizes the wishes of the deceased as expressed in a valid, probated will. In the absence of such a will, the surviving spouse is given priority to determine burial arrangements. The purported will relied upon by the applicant was not probated, did not name an executor, and its authenticity was not established. Even if authentic, there was insufficient evidence that the respondent agreed to any burial condition that would waive his rights as a…
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