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End litigation or risk losing children, court warns

The funds forming the subject matter of the case originate from a period antecedent to or contemporaneous with the dissolution of the parties' marriage. PIC MORERI SEJAKGOMO
The funds forming the subject matter of the case originate from a period antecedent to or contemporaneous with the dissolution of the parties' marriage. PIC MORERI SEJAKGOMO

The Court of Appeal (CoA) has warned a divorced couple to end their fruitless litigation or else the court will consider removing the children from their care.

The legal dispute between Alias Hendrich Swart and Andrea Kathleen Bolla arose from the funds the latter had withdrawn from a Canadian bank account, which was meant for the benefit of their minor children.

The funds forming the subject matter of the case originate from a period antecedent to or contemporaneous with the dissolution of the parties' marriage. Swart approached the court demanding the return of the funds amounting to close to a million pula.

Editor's Comment
BPF should get house in order

Speaker of the National Assembly, Dithapelo Keorapetse, has this week rightly washed his hands of the mess, refusing to wade into a party squabble that has no clear leadership and no single version of the truth.When a single party sends six different letters to the Speaker’s office, each claiming to be the authoritative voice, it is not just confusion, but an embarrassment.Keorapetse is correct to insist on institutional boundaries. Parliament...

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