This is in regards to my in-laws Children. Their mother passed away couple of years ago. Their father allowed them to stay with their mother's sister for two years before their father came to take them.

Financially he cannot take care of them. One of the children stopped school. He is unable to pay the fees the other children need to pay at school. He threatens them from getting in touch with their mother's family members.

When they were with their mother's sister, their father was supposed to be sending feeding money. After three months, it stopped. We pay school fees, buy clothes, give feeding money.

Now he has taken then, the children are scared. He threatens them from talking to their mother's family members. One child stopped school. I strongly believe the others will stop if we do not intervene to help pay school fees because right from primary school, he finds it difficult to pay for school fees. He married another woman, she threatens them.


Is there anything legally in the court one can do to be their primary guardian? Are there organization that one can contact.

Serious advice needed?

In a sane or civilized country there's usually something to take care of that. But I believe human rights should be able to handle a situation like this.

Definitely in a sane society we will not be this concerned as we would have gone to the court.

We will contact a regional human rights group.
. Thanks

Forget legal court sane palava. Go to him and plead to let them be with you or allow you pay their sch fees while they're with him with evidences kept. I used the word plead because this is Africa. As long as full bride price is collected especially if there's no court wedding, the father's family own the children o. Besides pleading is better with respect to their late mother. You're doing it for her not for the man. The amount of money you will spend in court can buy a car or even get a visa and passport for one of the child. The time nko, adjourned today, adjourned tomorrow. You will just waste the children time. Pleading also means you consider the time and future if the children. So go the easier way, leave court

Since he cannot take care of them, he shouldn't threaten them from contacting family members who can. The children should be taken away from him, as he's an unfit, abusive parent. Please report him to a social services or human rights organization.

"If you leave a madman to bury his mother the way he likes, he will eventually devour the copse". The man acted like that because of his ego and self-aggrandizement. Anyone related to the family can intervene to get possession of those children. If you want to offer help, then consult any elderly person in your family and table your motive and intention. I believe your good motive step will be in a long way to save the life of those children

Dear Op,thanks for what you guys a re doing .You can meet human rights or appeal to the man and work out arrangements like the kids staying with him during the holidays.Its a dicey situation cos he's their primary guardian and our law here is wack.

The new wife needs new slaves reason the man came to pick them

There's nothing I pity like a child without a mother .
Onye muo ya zukwara.Amen

His ego is tampering with his children's future.

He came to take his children and some fools here are telling you to go and reposses his children from him.
Does it mean poor people do not have a right to keep their children again ?
If you feel concerned for the children pay their school fees directly and buy foodstuff in the house.

You are scheming to take a mans children away from him cos he is poor....

You fool.

guitarlife2:
He came to take his children and some fools here are telling you to go and reposses his children from him.
Does it mean poor people do not have a right to keep their children again ?
If you feel concerned for the children pay their school fees directly and buy foodstuff in the house.

You are scheming to take a mans children away from him cos he is poor....

You fool.

Haba....

Cactus:
This is in regards to my in-laws Children. Their mother passed away couple of years ago. Their father allowed them to stay with their mother's sister for two years before their father came to take them.

Financially he cannot take care of them. One of the children stopped school. He is unable to pay the fees the other children need to pay at school. He threatens them from getting in touch with their mother's family members.

When they were with their mother's sister, their father was supposed to be sending feeding money. After three months, it stopped. We pay school fees, buy clothes, give feeding money.

Now he has taken then, the children are scared. He threatens them from talking to their mother's family members. One child stopped school. I strongly believe the others will stop if we do not intervene to help pay school fees because right from primary school, he finds it difficult to pay for school fees. He married another woman, she threatens them.


Is there anything legally in the court one can do to be their primary guardian? Are there organization that one can contact.

Serious advice needed?

You have not made attempt to talk with their dad

You can talk with him about having those children u Der your roof and care

Then if he refuses, just leave him to face his music