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Sukulwenkosi Dube, Plumtree Correspondent
A MAN from Bulilima has dragged his son-in-law to court over maintenance of his 11-year-old grandson.
Daniel Nyoni of Dombodema area told the court that he was forced to assume custody of the boy after discovering that his son-in-law, Dhuvai Tanyara, was starving the boy while staying with him in Plumtree.
The two men are now locked in a custodial war as they are both demanding custody of the child.
Plumtree magistrate Gideon Ruvetsa ordered Tanyara to pay $40 towards the upkeep of his son who is staying with his grandfather.
In addition he ordered him to pay his son’s school fees in full and buy him clothes.
Ruvetsa also advised Tanyara to submit an application to the court requesting custody of his son if he wanted him back.
Nyoni had told the court that he wanted $100 maintenance from his son-in-law who is employed as a rank marshal at the Plumtree Terminus.
He said his son-in-law was incapable of staying with the child but had to own up to the responsibility of being a father.
Nyoni said Tanyara married his daughter customarily but had gone on to marry a second wife which explained why he was neglecting his first child.
Tanyara, who demanded custody of his son, maintained that the boy had been in good care before his father-in-law took him from him.
He accused Nyoni of taking the child to his home without his consent.
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