A Harare woman is seeking the cancellation of her
six-year-old son’s birth certificate at the High Court as it does not reflect
his “correct” biological father.
In her chamber application for cancellation of a birth
certificate, Yvonne Garaneunga said her boyfriend, Lawson Mbofana, agreed to
sign the birth certification knowing he was not her son’s biological father and
was not opposed to its cancellation.
Garaneunga said the respondent, the Registrar of Births and
Deaths, does not have powers to cancel birth certificates, but only the High
Court is vested with such authority.
She is seeking an order compelling cancellation of
registration of birth certificate No: 3295447 within five days of receipt of
the order.
The application reads: “I am the mother and custodian of
the minor child who was born during the subsistence of my relationship with
Mbofana with whom I was cohabiting.
“I must hasten to mention that when I started staying with
Lawson Mbofana I was already pregnant with the minor child from my previous
relationship and this was a fact that I disclosed to Mbofana.
“The child’s biological father denied paternity and would have
nothing to do with me or the minor child. Mbofana and I decided to obtain a
birth certificate for the child using his surname and reflecting him as the
father.”
She added that Mbofana had accepted and raised the child as
his own. However, Garaneunga had a change of heart and wishes to set
the record straight by having the birth certificate cancelled.
This, she says, is for the child’s sake. Herald
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