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‘Parents to have joint custody’

The Amendment Bill is trying to address and align some laws with the Constitution, where we are saying both parents should share the rights and responsibilities of guardianship.

THE Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs says the Guardianship of Minors Amendment Bill will allow both parents to have custody of their children in case of separation, pending the hearing of a court case to award guardianship. The country’s laws currently award custody to the mother pending the hearing of the court…

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