Somaliland court to decide lost boy's parentage case
Hiiraan Online
Monday, February 22, 2016
A court inSomaliland has started hearing three paternity claims for a young boy who has gone missing 10 years ago before local officials found him inBossaso four months ago.
parent of the boy.
However, law experts questioned legality of a judge’s conclusion on such cases without employing the well-advanced DNA paternity testing method to establish the genetic proof of the boy’s biological father.
Nevertheless, the town’s panel of judges expressed optimism over the case to determine the custody of the boy sooner than later.
Despite having some rare cases of paternity denials, cases related to paternity disputes are uncommon in the conservative horn of Africa nation which has an overwhelmingly Muslim population.
Somaliland court to decide lost boy's parentage case
advertisements Having lived in Bossaso, the commercial hub of Puntland for 10 years, the 13-year-old boy who goes by the name Farhan and nicknamed 'Hidig' can barely remember his place of birth of Lasanod from where he vanished at the age